Ezekiel 43

Chapter 43

Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

¹Then he led me to the ^agate, the gate facing toward the east;

²and behold, the ^aglory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the ^beast. And His ^cvoice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth ^dshone with His glory.

³And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ^avision which I saw when ¹He came to ^bdestroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ^criver Chebar; and I ^dfell on my face.

⁴And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the ^aeast.

⁵And the ^aSpirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the ^bglory of the Lord filled the house.

⁶Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a ^aman was standing beside me.

⁷He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My ^athrone and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will ^bdwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the ^1ccorpses of their kings ²when they die,

⁸by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have ^adefiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.

⁹“Now let them ^aput away their harlotry and the ¹corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will ^bdwell among them forever.

¹⁰“As for you, son of man, ^1adescribe the ²temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ^bashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the ^3cplan.

¹¹“If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the ¹design of the house, its structure, its ^aexits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes², and all its laws. And write it ^bin their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and ^cdo them.

¹²“This is the ¹law of the house: its entire ²area on the top of the ^amountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

The Altar of Sacrifice

¹³“And these are the measurements of the ^aaltar by cubits (the ^bcubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the ¹base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the ²base of the altar.

¹⁴“From the base on the ground to the lower ^aledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width ¹one cubit.

¹⁵“The ¹altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four ^ahorns.

¹⁶“Now the ¹altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^asquare in its four sides.

¹⁷“The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about; and its ^asteps shall ^1bface the east.”

The Offerings

¹⁸And He said to me, “^aSon of man, thus says the Lord ¹God, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ^bburnt offerings on it and to ^csprinkle blood on it.

¹⁹‘You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of ^aZadok, who draw ^bnear to Me to minister to Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a ^cyoung bull for a ^dsin offering.

²⁰‘You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ^ahorns and on the four corners of the ^bledge and on the border round about; thus you shall ^ccleanse it and make atonement for it.

²¹‘You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be ^aburned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

²²‘On the second day you shall offer a ^amale goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall ^bcleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.

²³‘When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a ^ayoung bull without blemish and a ^bram without blemish from the flock.

²⁴‘You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw ^asalt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

²⁵‘^aFor seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared.

²⁶‘For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they ¹consecrate it.

²⁷‘When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the ^aeighth day and onward, the priests shall ¹offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ^bpeace offerings; and I will ^caccept you,’ declares the Lord God.”