Ezekiel 43
Yahweh’s Glory Returns to the Temple
43Then he led me to the agate, the gate facing toward the east; 2and 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. 3And 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. 4And the glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the aeast. 5And the aSpirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the bglory of Yahweh filled the house.
6Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a aman was standing beside me. 7He 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, 8by 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 3design 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 2law 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 2altar 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.”
18And 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.”