Eze 43 | ABEn | STEP | And he led me unto the gate towards the east, and he led me out.

Ezekiel 43

CHAPTER 43 God's Glory Returns to the House

1 And he led me unto the gate towards the east, and he led me out. 2 And behold, glory of the God of Israel came according to the way towards the east. And there was a voice of the camp as [²voice ¹the repeating] of many. And the ground shone forth as brightness in the glory round about. 3 And the vision which I beheld was according to the vision which I beheld when I entered to anoint the city; and the vision of the chariot which I beheld was according to the vision which I beheld upon the river Chebar, and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of the lord entered into the house according to the way of the gate of the one looking according to the east. 5 And [²took me up ¹spirit], and brought me into the [²courtyard ¹inner]; and behold, [³was full ⁴of glory ⁵of the lord ¹the ²house]. 6 And I stood, and behold, there was a voice from the house speaking to me, and the man stood next to me, 7 and he said to me, You see, O son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the track of my feet, in which [²shall encamp ¹my name] in the midst of the house of Israel into the eon. And [³shall not ⁴profane ⁷any longer ¹the house ²of Israel ⁶name ⁵my holy], they and the ones leading them in their harlotry, and by the murders of the ones leading them in the midst of them; 8 in their putting my threshold among their thresholds, and my doorways next to their doorways. And they appointed my wall as holding me [³together ¹and ²them]. And they profaned [²name ¹my holy] by their lawless deeds which they did. And I obliterated them in my rage and by carnage. 9 And now, let [⁶thrust away ⁷their harlotry ⁸and ⁹the ¹⁰murders ¹the ones ²leading ³them ⁴from ⁵me]! and I will encamp in the midst of them into the eon. 10 And you, O son of man, show to the house of Israel the house, (and they shall abate from their sins) and the vision of it, and the disposition of it, 11 (and they shall take their punishment for all of which they did). And you shall diagram the house, and its preparation, and its exits, and its entrances, and its support. And all its orders, and all its laws, and all it rules you shall make known to them. And you shall diagram it before them, and they shall keep all my ordinances, and all my orders, and they shall do them. 12 And the diagram of the house upon the top of the mountain, all its limits round about the holy of holies -- this is the rule of the house.

Dimensions of the Altar

13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubit of the cubit and a palm; the recess depth a cubit, and a cubit the breadth, and the molding upon the lip round about a span; and this is the height of the altar. 14 From the depth of the beginning of its hollow part to the atonement-seat, the one from beneath -- [²cubits ¹two], and the breadth a cubit; and from the [²atonement-seat ¹small] to the [²atonement-seat ¹great] -- [²cubits ¹four], and the breadth a cubit. 15 And the altar hearth -- [²cubits ¹four]; and from the altar hearth and up above the horns, a cubit. 16 And the altar hearth was [²cubits ¹twelve] in length by [²cubits ¹twelve], four-cornered upon the four parts of it. 17 And the atonement-seat [²cubits ¹was fourteen] in length by [²cubits ¹fourteen] in breadth upon [²four ³parts ¹its]; and its molding encircling it round about -- a half cubit; and its encircling base was a cubit round about; and its steps looked according to the east. 18 And he said to me, O son of man, thus says the lord God; These are the orders for the altar in the day of its being made to offer upon it whole burnt-offerings, and to pour on it blood. 19 And you shall give to the priests, to the Levites, to the ones from out of the seed of Zadok, to the ones approaching to me, says the lord God, to officiate to me, a calf from the oxen for a sin offering. 20 And they shall take from its blood, and shall place it upon four horns of the altar, and upon the four corners of the atonement-seat, and upon the base round about; and they shall cleanse and atone it. 21 And they shall take the calf, the one for a sin offering, and they shall incinerate it in the place being separated of the house from outside of the holies. 22 And the [²day ¹second] you shall take a kid of the goats, unblemished for a sin offering; and they shall atone the altar in so far as they atoned with the calf. 23 And after completing the making an atonement, they shall bring [²calf ³from out of ⁴the oxen ¹an unblemished], and [²ram ³from out of ⁴the ⁵sheep ¹an unblemished]. 24 And you shall offer them before the lord, and [³shall cast ¹the ²priests ⁵upon ⁶them ⁴salt], and they shall offer them as whole burnt-offerings to the lord. 25 Seven days you shall offer a kid for a sin offering each day, and a calf from out of the oxen, and a ram from out of the sheep; [²unblemished ¹they shall offer them]. 26 Seven days and they shall atone the altar and cleanse it; and they shall fill their hands. 27 And they shall complete the days. And it will be from the [²day ¹eighth] and beyond, and [³shall offer ¹the ²priests] upon the altar your whole burnt-offerings, and the ones for your deliverance offering; and I will favorably receive you, says the lord God.