Ezekiel 43

The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple

1 Then he led me to *ver. 4;ch. 10:19;11:1;40:6;42:15;44:1the gate, the gate facing east. 2 And behold, *ch. 10:18,19;11:23;[Rev. 21:11] the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And *ch. 1:24;[Rev. 1:15] the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and *[ch. 10:4;Rev. 18:1]the earth shone with his glory. 3 And *See ch. 1:28the vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen *[ch. 9:1,2,5] when he*43:3 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts when I came to destroy the city, and just like *See ch. 1:4-28the vision that I had seen *See ch. 1:1by the Chebar canal. And *See ch. 1:28I fell on my face. 4 As *[See ver. 2above] the glory of the Lord*[ch. 44:2]entered the temple by the gate facing east, 5 *See ch. 3:12the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into *See ch. 8:16the inner court; and behold, *ch. 10:4;44:4;1 Kgs. 8:10,11;[Isa. 6:1]the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

6 *See ch. 40:3While the man was standing beside me, *[Ex. 25:22]I heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7 and he said to me, *See ch. 2:1"Son of man, this is *[Ps. 99:1] the place of my throne and *[1 Chr. 28:2;Isa. 60:13] the place of the soles of my feet, *See ch. 37:26,28where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more *[ver. 8]; See ch. 20:39defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies*43:7 Or the monuments; also verse 9 of their kings at their high places,*43:7 Or at their deaths8 by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with *[ch. 42:20] only a wall between me and them. They have *[ver. 7]defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, *[See ver. 7above]and I will dwell in their midst forever.

10 "As for you, *[See ver. 7above] son of man, *ch. 40:4describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, *[See ver. 10above] make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, *[ch. 44:5] its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down *See ch. 12:3in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. 12 This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of *[ch. 40:2] the mountain *See ch. 42:15-20all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

The Altar

13 "These are the measurements of *[ch. 40:47;47:1]; See Ex. 27:1-8the altar by cubits (the cubit being *ch. 40:5;[ch. 41:8]a cubit and a handbreadth):*43:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters its base shall be one cubit high*43:13 Or its gutter shall be one cubit deep and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span*43:13 A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15 and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, *See Ex. 27:2four horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be *[ch. 40:47;Ex. 27:1]square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17 The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. *[Ex. 20:26]The steps of the altar shall face east."

18 And he said to me, *See ch. 2:1"Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and *See Lev. 1:5for throwing blood against it, 19 you shall give to *ch. 44:15;Deut. 17:9;18:1;24:8;27:9the Levitical priests *See ch. 40:46of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, *ch. 45:18;Ex. 29:1,10a bull from the herd for a sin offering. 20 And *ch. 45:19;Ex. 29:12;Lev. 8:15you shall take some of its blood and put it on *[See ver. 15above] the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon *[ver. 13, 17] the rim all around. *Ex. 29:36;[ch. 45:18]Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and *Ex. 29:14it shall be burned in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22 And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23 When you have finished *[See ver. 20above] purifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and *[Ex. 29:1]a ram from the flock without blemish. 24 You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests *Lev. 2:13shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25 *Ex. 29:35,36;Lev. 8:33,35For seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.*43:26 Hebrew fill its hand27 And when they have completed these days, then *Lev. 9:1from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your *See Lev. 3:1peace offerings, and *See ch. 20:40I will accept you, declares the Lord God."