Ezekiel 43:18–27

^43:18Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,^2843:19you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord. ^43:20You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it.^2943:21You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

^43:22“On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull. ^43:23When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. ^43:24You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them³⁰ and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

^43:25“For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided. ^43:26For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.^3143:27When the prescribed period is over,³² on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings;³³ I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”