Ezekieli 43

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The glory returns to the temple

¹Then the man brought me to the gate, the one that faces east. ²And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. The sound of its coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the earth shone with his glory. ³What I saw in this vision was like what I had seen when I came to destroy the city, and like the vision I had seen by the Kebar Canal, and I fell face down. ⁴The glory of the LORD came into the temple through the gate that faces east. ⁵Then the Spirit lifted me and carried me into the inner court, and there the glory of the LORD was filling the temple. ⁶While the man stood beside me, I heard someone speak to me out of the temple. ⁷He said to me, “Son of man, here is my throne, and here is the place where my feet rest. Here I will live among the Israelites forever. Never again will the house of Israel defile my holy name, neither they nor their kings, with their prostitution and with the dead bodies of their kings at their high places, ⁸when they set their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts next to my doorposts, so that only a wall stood between me and them. By the detestable practices they committed they defiled my holy name, and so I destroyed them in my anger. ⁹Now let them put their prostitution and the dead bodies of their kings far away from me, and I will live among them forever.

The design of the temple and the altar

¹⁰As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins, and let them study its plan. ¹¹If they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, its exits and entrances, its whole design, and all its statutes and laws. Write it down where they can see it, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and carry them out. ¹²This is the law of the temple: all the area around it on the top of the mountain will be most holy. This, then, is the law of the temple. ¹³These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, each a cubit and a handbreadth: its gutter was about 21 inches deep and about 21 inches wide, with a rim of about 10 1/2 inches around its edge. This is the base of the altar. ¹⁴From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge was about 3 1/2 feet, and that ledge was about 21 inches wide. From the smaller ledge up to the larger ledge was about 7 feet, and that ledge was about 21 inches wide. ¹⁵The altar hearth was about 7 feet high, and from the altar hearth four horns projected upward. ¹⁶The altar hearth was square, about 21 feet long and about 21 feet wide. ¹⁷The upper ledge was also square, about 24 1/2 feet long and about 24 1/2 feet wide, with a rim of about 10 1/2 inches around it, and its gutter was about 21 inches all around. The altar’s steps faced east.” ¹⁸He said to me, “Son of man, the Lord GOD says this: These are the altar’s statutes for the day it is built, so that burnt offerings may be offered on it and blood splashed against it. ¹⁹You are to give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to me to serve me, declares the Lord GOD. ²⁰Take some of the blood and smear it on the altar’s four horns, on the four corners of the upper ledge and on the rim all around. In this way you will purify the altar and make atonement for it. ²¹Then take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area, outside the sanctuary. ²²On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect as a sin offering, and the priests are to purify the altar as they did with the bull. ²³When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. ²⁴Bring them before the LORD, and the priests are to scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD. ²⁵For seven days you are to provide a goat each day as a sin offering, and a young bull and a ram from the flock, all without defect, are to be offered too. ²⁶For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and purify it. In this way they will dedicate it. ²⁷When these days are over, from the eighth day on the priests are to present on the altar your burnt offerings and peace offerings, and I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.”