Ezekiel 43:18–27

¹⁸Then he said to me, “Son of man,^a this is what the Lord God says: These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings^b may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:^{c 19}You are to give a bull from the herd^d as a sin offering^e to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok,^f who approach me in order to serve me.”^g This is the declaration of the Lord God. ²⁰“You are to take some of its blood and apply it to the four horns^h of the altar, the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim. In this way you will purify the altar and make atonement for it.^{i 21}Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering, and it must be burned outside the sanctuary in the place appointed for the temple.^j

²²“On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they did with the bull. ²³When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull^k and an unblemished ram from the flock.^{l 24}You are to present them before the Lord; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.^{m 25}You will offer a goat for a sin offering each day for seven days.ⁿ A young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished, are also to be offered. ²⁶For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it. In this way they will consecrate it^{C 27}and complete the days of purification. Then on the eighth day^o and afterward, the priests will offer your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar, and I will accept you.”^p This is the declaration of the Lord God.