Ezekiel 43:18–27

Consecrating the Altar

¹⁸And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God: ‘These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing ^aburnt offerings on it, and for ^bsprinkling blood on it. ¹⁹You shall give ^ca young bull for a sin offering to ^dthe priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of ^eZadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,’ says the Lord God. ²⁰You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. ²¹Then you shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and ^fburn it in the appointed place of the ¹temple, ^goutside the sanctuary. ²²On the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull. ²³When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish. ²⁴When you offer them before the Lord, ^hthe priests shall throw salt on them, and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. ²⁵Every day for ⁱseven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering; they shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish. ²⁶Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so ²consecrate ³it. ^27jWhen these days are over it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will ^kaccept you,’ says the Lord God.”