Ezekiel 42–44

Then he brought me forth into ^athe utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into ^bthe chamber that was over against ^cthe separate place, and ^dwhich was before the building toward the north. ^2eBefore the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and ^fthe breadth was fifty cubits. ³Over against ^gthe twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against ^bthe pavement which was for the utter court, was ^hgallery against gallery in ⁱthree stories. ⁴And before ^bkthe chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, ^ta way of one cubit; and ^ktheir doors toward the north. ⁵Now the upper ^bchambers were shorter: for ^hthe galleries ^lwere higher than these, ^mthan the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. ⁶For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building ⁿwas straitened ^lmmore than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. ⁷And ^othe wall that was without over against ^bthe chambers, towards the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, ^fthe length thereof was fifty cubits. ⁸For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and lo, before ^qthe temple ^rwere an hundred cubits. ⁹And from under these chambers was ^sthe entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. ¹⁰The chambers were in the thickness of ^othe wall of the court toward the east, over against ^cthe separate place, ^dand over against the building. ¹¹And ^tthe way before them was like the appearance of the chambers ^twhich were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both ^uaccording to their fashions, and ^kaccording to their doors. ¹²And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door ^vin the head of the way, even the way directly before ^othe wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

¹³Then said he unto me, ^wThe north chambers and the south chambers, which are before ^cthe separate place, they be holy chambers, where ^xthe priests that approach unto the Lord ^yshall eat ^zthe most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and ^zabthe meat offering, and ^zacthe sin offering, and ^zacthe trespass offering; for the place is holy. ¹⁴When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but ^dthere they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and ^dshall put on other garments, and shall approach to ^dthose things which are for the people.

¹⁵Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward ^ethe gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. ¹⁶He measured the east side with ^fthe measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. ¹⁷He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. ¹⁸He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. ¹⁹He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. ²⁰He measured it by the four sides: ^git had a wall round about, ^hfive hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, ⁱto make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

XLIII.Afterward he brought me to the gate, even ^athe gate that looketh toward the east: ²and behold, ^bthe glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and ^chis voice was like a noise of many waters: and ^dthe earth shined with his glory. ³And it was ^eaccording to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came ^fto destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw ^gby the river Chebar; and ^eI fell upon my face. ⁴And ^bhthe glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of ^athe gate whose prospect is toward the east. ⁵So ⁱthe spirit took me up, and brought me into ^kthe inner court; and behold, ^lthe glory of the Lord filled the house. ⁶And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and ^mthe man stood by me. ⁷And he said unto me, Son of man, ⁿthe place of my throne, and ^othe place of the soles of my feet, ^pwhere I will dwell ^qin the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and ^rmy holy name, shall the house of Israel ^rsno more defile, neither they, nor their kings, ^tby their whoredom, nor ^tby the carcases of their kings in their high places. ^8uIn their setting of their threshold by ^vmy thresholds, and their post by ^wmy posts, and ^xthe wall between me and them, ^rythey have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. ⁹Now let them put away ^ttheir whoredom, and ^tthe carcases of their kings, far from me, and ^pI will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

¹⁰Thou son of man, ^zshew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure ^athe pattern. ¹¹And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, ^bshew them the form of the house, and ^acthe fashion thereof, and ^dthe goings out thereof, and ^dthe comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and ^ddall the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and ^ddall the laws thereof: and write it ^ein their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all ^ddthe ordinances thereof, and do them. ¹²This is the law of the house; ^fUpon the top of the mountain the whole ^glimit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

¹³And these are the measures of ^hthe altar after the cubits: ⁱThe cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and ^gthe border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be ^ka span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. ¹⁴And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower ^lsettle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. ¹⁵So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be ^mfour horns. ¹⁶And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, ⁿsquare in the four ^osquares thereof. ¹⁷And ^lthe settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four ^osquares thereof; and ^gthe border about it shall be ^khalf a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and ^phis stairs shall look toward the east.

¹⁸And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are ^qthe ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and ^rto sprinkle blood thereon. ¹⁹And thou shalt give to ^sthe priests the Levites ^stthat be of the seed of Zadok, ^twhich approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, ^uva young bullock ^vfor a sin offering. ²⁰And ^wthou shalt take of the blood thereof, and ^wput it on ^mthe four horns of it, and on the four corners of ^xthe settle, and upon ^gythe border round about: thus ^zshalt thou cleanse and ^zzpurge it. ²¹Thou shalt take ^vthe bullock also of the sin offering, and he ^ashall burn it in ^bthe appointed place of the house, ^awithout the sanctuary. ²²And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and ^zthey shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. ²³When thou hast made an end of ^zcleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. ²⁴And thou shalt offer them before the Lord, and the priests ^cshall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the Lord. ^25dSeven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. ^26dSeven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. ²⁷And when these ^edays are expired, it shall be, that ^fupon the eight day, ^gand so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your ^hpeace offerings; and I will ⁱaccept you, saith the Lord God.

XLIV.Then he brought me ^aback the way of ^bthe gate of the outward sanctuary ^bwhich looketh toward the east; and it was shut. ²Then said the Lord unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; ^cbecause the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. ³It is for ^dthe prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to ^eeat bread before the Lord; ^fhe shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴Then brought he me the way of ^gthe north gate before the house: and I looked, and behold, ^hthe glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and ⁱI fell upon my face. ⁵And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and ^jbehold with thine eyes, and ^jhear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning ^kall the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and ^kall the laws thereof; and mark well ^kthe entering in of the house, with every ^kgoing forth of the sanctuary. ⁶And thou shalt say to ^lthe rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, ^mlet it suffice you of all your abominations, ⁷ⁿin that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, ^ouncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, ⁿto be in my sanctuary, ^pto pollute it, even my house, when ye offer ^qmy bread, ^rthe fat and ^rsthe blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. ⁸And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have ^tset keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹Thus saith the Lord God; ⁿNo stranger, ^ouncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. ¹⁰And ^uthe Levites that are gone away far from me, ^uwhen Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even ^vbear their iniquity. ¹¹Yet…