Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 44:1
A church father on this verse
“Who is this gate, if not Mary? Is it not closed because she is a virgin? Mary is the gate through which Christ entered this world, when He was brought forth in the virginal birth and the manner of His birth did not break the seals of virginity.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
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— Ezekiel 44:1 —
2And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and it shall be shut.
3For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord; he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the way of the same.