Ezekiel 43

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The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple

¹Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,

¹And he brought me to the gate—the gate that is facing toward the east.

²and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

²And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east, and His voice was like the voice of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

³The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came^a to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,

³And it was according to the appearance of the vision that I had seen, like the vision that I had seen when He came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the River Kebar. And I fell on my face.

⁴and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

⁴And the glory of YHWH came into the temple by the way of the gate that has its face toward the east.

⁵Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

⁵And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of YHWH filled the temple.

⁶While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,

⁶And I heard one speaking to me from the temple, and the man was standing beside me.

⁷and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings^a for their kings at their deaths.^b

⁷And He said to me: “Son of man, the place of My throne, and the place for the soles of My feet, in which I will dwell there in the midst of the sons of Israel forever; and the house of Israel will defile no more My holy name, they and their kings with their prostitution, and the corpses of their kings at their deaths,

⁸When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

⁸by their giving their threshold next to My threshold, and their doorpost beside My doorpost, and the wall between Me and between them. And they have defiled My holy name by the abominations that they did, and I finished them off in My anger.

⁹Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

⁹Now let them remove their prostitution, and the corpses of their kings, away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

¹⁰As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,

¹⁰You, son of man, describe to the house of Israel the temple, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

¹¹and if they are ashamed^a of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

¹¹And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, the design of the temple, and its arrangement, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its design, and all its statutes, and all its forms, and all its laws, make known to them. And write it before their eyes, so that they may keep all its design and all its ordinances, and do them.

¹²This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

¹²This is the law of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all its border round about, is the holy of holies. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

The Altar of Sacrifice

¹³These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits^a (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span^b around its edge.

And this is the height of the altar:

¹³And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits (a cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): The base shall be one cubit high and one cubit wide, and its rim to its edge all around a span of one; and this is the height of the altar.

¹⁴The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.^a The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.^b

¹⁴And from the base on the ground up to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, and the width a cubit.

¹⁵The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.

¹⁵And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the hearth and upward are four horns.

¹⁶The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.^a

¹⁶And the altar hearth shall be twelve long by twelve wide, being square at the four of its corners.

¹⁷The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide,^a with a rim of half a cubit^b and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

¹⁷And the ledge shall be fourteen long, and fourteen wide, on the four of its sides, with a rim around it half a cubit, and the base for it a cubit all around; and its steps shall face toward the east.”

¹⁸Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:

¹⁸And he said to me: “Son of man, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘These are the ordinances for the altar on the day of its being made to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it.

¹⁹You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁹And you shall give to the priests, the Levites, those who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to Me, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, to minister to Me, a bull, a son of the herd, as a sin offering.

²⁰You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.

²⁰And you shall take from its blood and put it upon the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; and you will cleanse it from sin and make atonement for it.

²¹Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

²¹And you shall take the bull of the sin offering and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside of the sanctuary.

²²On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.

²²And on the second day, you shall offer a kid of the goats, unblemished, for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse from sin the altar, as they cleansed it from sin with the bull.

²³When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

²³When you have finished cleansing from sin, you shall bring near a bull, a son of the herd, unblemished, and a ram from the flock, unblemished.

²⁴You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

²⁴And you shall present them before YHWH, and the priests shall throw on them salt, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to YHWH.

²⁵For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.

²⁵Seven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering, day by day, and a bull, a son of the herd and a ram from the flock, unblemished, they shall prepare.

²⁶For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.^a

²⁶Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and they shall fill its hands.

²⁷At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”

²⁷And are completed these days, and it shall come to pass on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall make upon the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, and will I accept you, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.’”