Ezekiel 43 - LSB Bible Online

Ezekiel 43

Yahweh’s Glory Returns to the Temple

Then he led me to the ^agate, the gate facing toward the east; 2 and 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. 3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ^avision which I saw when ¹He came to ^bbring the city to ruin. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ^criver Chebar; and I ^dfell on my face. 4 And the glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the ^aeast. 5 And the ^aSpirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the ^bglory of Yahweh filled the house.
6 Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a ^aman was standing beside me. 7 He 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 ¹^ccorpses of their kings ²when they die, 8 by putting 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 done. 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, ¹^adescribe the house of Yahweh to the house of Israel, that they may feel ^bdishonor for their iniquities; and let them measure the ²^cplan. 11 If they feel dishonor for 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 keep its whole ¹design and all its statutes and ^cdo them. 12 This is the ¹law of the house: within its entire boundary, on the top of the ^amountain all around, shall be most holy. Behold, this is the ¹law of the house.

The Altar and Offerings

13 “And these are the measurements of the ^aaltar by cubits (the ^bcubit being a ¹cubit and a ²handbreadth): the ³base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one ⁴span; and this shall be the height of the ⁵base of the altar. 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower ^aledge shall be two ¹cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width ²one cubit. 15 And the ¹altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the ¹altar hearth shall extend upwards four ^ahorns. 16 Now the ¹altar hearth shall be ²twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^asquare in its four sides. 17 The ledge shall be ¹fourteen 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 ²^bface the east.”
18 And He said to me, “^aSon of man, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is made, to offer ^bburnt offerings on it and to ^csplash blood on it. 19 And you shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the seed of ^aZadok, who draw ^bnear to Me to minister to Me,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘a ^cbull from the herd for a ^dsin offering. 20 You shall also 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 ^cpurify it and make atonement for it. 21 And you shall take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be ^aburned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
22 ‘Now on the second day you shall bring near a ^amale goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall ^bpurify the altar as they purified it with the bull. 23 When you have finished purifying it, you shall present a ^abull from the herd without blemish and a ^bram without blemish from the flock. 24 And you shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall throw ^asalt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh. 25 ^aFor seven days you shall offer daily a goat for a sin offering; also a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be offered. 26 For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they ¹ordain it. 27 So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the ^aeighth day and onward, the priests shall ¹offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your ^bpeace offerings; and I will ^caccept you,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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