Ezekiel 43

Return of the Lord’s Glory

43He led me to the gate, the one that faces east,H3212H8179H8179H6437H1870H69212and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice sounded like the roar of mighty waters, and the earth shone with His glory.H3519H430H3478H935H1870H6921H6963H6963H7227H4325H776H215H35193The vision I saw was like the one I had seen when He came to destroy the city, and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal. I fell facedown.H4758H4758H7200H4758H7200H935H7843H5892H4759H4758H7200H5104H3529H5307H64404The glory of the LORD entered the temple by way of the gate that faced east.H3519H3068H935H1004H1870H8179H6440H1870H69215Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.H7307H5375H935H6442H2691H3519H3068H4390H10046While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from the temple.H8085H1696H1004H376H5975H6817He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. [The house of] Israel and their kings will no longer defile My holy name by their [religious] prostitution and by the corpses of their kings at their high places.H559H1121H120H4725H3678H4725H3709H7272H7931H8432H1121H3478H5769H6944H8034H1004H3478H2930H4428H2184H6297H4428H11168Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with [only] a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the abominations they committed. So I destroyed them in My anger.H5414H5592H5592H4201H681H4201H7023H2930H6944H8034H8441H6213H3615H6399Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.H7368H2184H6297H4428H7368H7931H8432H576910"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure [its] pattern,H1121H120H5046H1004H1004H3478H3637H5771H4058H850811and they will be ashamed of all that they have done. Reveal the design of the temple to them— its layout with its exits and entrances— its complete design along with all its statutes, design specifications, and laws. Write it down in their sight so that they may observe its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.H3637H6213H3045H6699H1004H8498H4161H4126H6699H2708H6699H8451H3789H5869H8104H6699H2708H621312This is the law of the temple: all its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.H8451H1004H7218H2022H1366H5439H6944H6944H8451H1004

The Altar

13"These are the measurements of the altar in units of length (each unit being the standard length plus three inches): the gutter is 21 inches [deep] and 21 inches wide, with a rim of nine inches around its edge. This is the base of the altar.H4060H4196H520H520H520H2948H2436H520H7341H520H1366H8193H5439H259H2239H1354H419614[The distance] from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is three and a half feet, and the width [of the ledge] is 21 inches. There are seven feet from the small ledge to the large ledge, [whose] width is also 21 inches.H2436H776H8481H5835H8147H520H7341H259H520H6996H5835H1419H5835H702H520H7341H52015The altar hearth is seven feet [high], and four horns project upward from the hearth.H741H2025H702H520H741H4605H702H716116The hearth is square, 21 feet long by 21 feet wide.H741H8147H6240H753H8147H6240H7341H7251H702H725317The ledge is 24 and a half feet long by 24 and a half feet wide, with four equal sides. The rim all around it is 10 and a half inches, and its gutter is 21 inches all around it. The altar's steps face east."H5835H702H6240H753H702H6240H7341H702H7253H1366H5439H2677H520H2436H520H5439H4609H6437H692118Then He said to me: "Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be sprinkled on it:H559H1121H120H559H136H3069H2708H4196H3117H6213H5927H5930H2236H181819You are to give a bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who approach Me in order to serve Me." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God.H5414H3548H3881H2233H6659H7138H8334H5002H136H3069H1121H1241H6499H240320"You must take some of its blood and apply [it] to the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim. In this way you will purify the altar and make atonement for it.H3947H1818H5414H702H7161H702H6438H5835H1366H5439H2398H372221Then you must take away the bull for the sin offering, and it must be burned outside the sanctuary in the place appointed for the temple.H3947H6499H2403H8313H4662H1004H2351H472022"On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they did with the bull.H8145H3117H7126H8163H5795H8549H2403H2398H4196H2398H649923When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.H3615H2398H7126H1121H1241H6499H8549H352H6629H854924You must present them before the LORD; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.H7126H6440H3068H3548H7993H4417H5927H5930H306825You will offer a goat for a sin offering each day for seven days. A young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished, must also be offered.H7651H3117H6213H3117H8163H2403H6213H1121H1241H6499H352H6629H854926For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it. In this way they will consecrate itH7651H3117H3722H4196H2891H4390H302727and complete the days [of purification]. Then on the eighth day and afterwards, the priests will offer your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar, and I will accept you." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God.H3117H3615H8066H3117H1973H3548H6213H5930H4196H8002H7521H5002H136H3069