Ezekiel 43

New American Standard Bible 1995

Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

43 Then he led me to the ^(A)gate, the gate facing toward the east; ² and behold, the ^(B)glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the ^(C)east. And His ^(D)voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth ^(E)shone with His glory. ³ And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ^(F)vision which I saw when ^[a]He came to ^(G)destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ^(H)river Chebar; and I ^(I)fell on my face. ⁴ And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the ^(J)east. ⁵ And the ^(K)Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the ^(L)glory of the Lord filled the house.

⁶ Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a ^(M)man was standing beside me. ⁷ He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My ^(N)throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will ^(O)dwell 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 ^[b](P)corpses of their kings ^[c]when they die, ⁸ by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have ^(Q)defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. ⁹ Now let them ^(R)put away their harlotry and the ^[d]corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will ^(S)dwell among them forever.

¹⁰ “As for you, son of man, ^[e](T)describe the ^[f]temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ^(U)ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the ^[g](V)plan. ¹¹ If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the ^[h]design of the house, its structure, its ^(W)exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes^[i], and all its laws. And write it ^(X)in their sight, so that they may observe its whole ^[j]design and all its statutes and ^(Y)do them. ¹² This is the ^[k]law of the house: its entire ^[l]area on the top of the ^(Z)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the ^[m]law of the house.

The Altar of Sacrifice

¹³ “And these are the measurements of the ^(AA)altar by cubits (the ^(AB)cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the ^[n]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the ^[o]base of the altar. ¹⁴ From the base on the ground to the lower ^(AC)ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width ^[p]one cubit. ¹⁵ The ^[q]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the ^[r]altar hearth shall extend upwards four ^(AD)horns. ¹⁶ Now the ^[s]altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^(AE)square in its four sides. ¹⁷ The ledge shall be fourteen 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 ^(AF)steps shall ^[t](AG)face the east.”

The Offerings

¹⁸ And He said to me, “^(AH)Son of man, thus says the Lord ^[u]God, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ^(AI)burnt offerings on it and to ^(AJ)sprinkle blood on it. ¹⁹ You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of ^(AK)Zadok, who draw ^(AL)near to Me to minister to Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a ^(AM)young bull for a ^(AN)sin offering. ²⁰ You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ^(AO)horns and on the four corners of the ^(AP)ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall ^(AQ)cleanse it and make atonement for it. ²¹ You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be ^(AR)burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

²² ‘On the second day you shall offer a ^(AS)male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall ^(AT)cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull. ²³ When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a ^(AU)young bull without blemish and a ^(AV)ram without blemish from the flock. ²⁴ You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw ^(AW)salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. ^25 (AX)For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared. ²⁶ For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they ^[v]consecrate it. ²⁷ When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the ^(AY)eighth day and onward, the priests shall ^[w]offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ^(AZ)peace offerings; and I will ^(BA)accept you,’ declares the Lord God.”