Eze 36:2, 11-38, 37:27-28, Eze 40, Eze 48, Heb 12:22-23, Rev 14:1 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord God : Because the enemy said of you, Aha ! and, The ancient heights have become our possession ,

11 And I will multiply on you ^dman and beast, and ^ethey shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in ^fyour former times, and ^gwill do more good to you than ever before. ^hThen you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. ⁱAnd they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer ^jbereave them of children. 13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, ^k‘You devour people, and you bereave your nation of children,’ 14 therefore you shall no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the Lord God. 15 And I will not let you hear anymore ^lthe reproach of the nations, and you shall no longer bear the disgrace of the peoples and no longer cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord God.”

The Lord’s Concern for His Holy Name

16 The word of the Lord came to me: 17 ^m“Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, ⁿthey defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were ^olike the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. 18 So ^pI poured out my wrath upon them ^qfor the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols ^rwith which they had defiled it. 19 ^sI scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. ^tIn accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. 20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, ^uthey profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ 21 But I had concern ^vfor my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came.

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^wIt is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, ^xwhich you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 ^yAnd I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. ^zAnd the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 ^aaI will take you ^abfrom the nations and gather you from all the countries and ^acbring you into your own land. 25 ^adI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^aeall your uncleannesses, and ^affrom all your idols ^agI will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you ^aha new heart, and ^aia new spirit I will put within you. ^ajAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 ^akAnd I will put my Spirit within you, ^aland cause you to walk in my statutes and ^ambe careful to obey my rules. ^{▼▼Or my just decrees} 28 ^aoYou shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ^apyou shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And ^aqI will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^arI will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^aslay no famine upon you. 30 ^atI will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, ^authat you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then ^avyou will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 ^awIt is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

33 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that ^axI cleanse you from all your iniquities, ^ayI will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like ^azthe garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then ^bathe nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and ^bbreplanted that which was desolate. ^bcI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.

37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also ^bdI will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^beto increase their people like ^bfa flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices, ^{▼▼Hebrew flock of holy things} ^bhlike the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so ^bishall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. ^bjThen they will know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 37:27-28

27 ^bkMy dwelling place shall be with them, ^bland I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then ^bmthe nations will know that ^bnI am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when ^bomy sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

Ezekiel 40

Vision of the New Temple

1 ^bpIn the twenty-fifth year ^bqof our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, ^brin the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, ^bsthe hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city. ^{▼▼Hebrew brought me there} 2 In ^buvisions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on ^bva very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^bwa man whose appearance was ^bxlike bronze, with ^bya linen cord and ^bza measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, ^ca“Son of man, ^cblook with your eyes, and ^cchear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. ^cdDeclare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

5 And behold, there was ^cea wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, ^cfeach being a cubit and a handbreadth ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters} in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then he went into ^chthe gateway facing east, ^cigoing up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep. ^{▼▼Hebrew deep, and one threshold, one reed deep} 7 And ^ckthe side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. 8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; ^cland its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. 10 And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. ^cmThe three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. 11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side. And the side rooms were six cubits on either side. 13 Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14 He measured also ^cnthe vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court. ^{▼▼Text uncertain; Hebrew And he made the jambs sixty cubits, and to the jamb of the court was the gateway all around} 15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And the gateway had ^cpwindows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their ^cqjambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were ^crpalm trees.

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into ^csthe outer court. And behold, there were ^ctchambers and a ^cupavement, all around the court. ^cvThirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, ^{▼▼Hebrew distance from before the low gate before the inner court to the outside} a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side. ^{▼▼Or cubits. So far the eastern gate; now to the northern gate.}

The North Gate

20 As for ^cythe gate that faced toward the north, belonging to ^czthe outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21 Its ^daside rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of ^dbthe first gate. Its length was ^dcfifty cubits, and its breadth ^ddtwenty-five cubits. 22 And ^deits windows, its vestibule, and ^dfits palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps ^dgpeople would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. 23 And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to ^dhthe inner court. And ^dihe measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

The South Gate

24 And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And ^djhe measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25 Both it and its vestibule ^dkhad windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had ^dlpalm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 27 And there was a gate on the south of ^dmthe inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

The Inner Court

28 Then he brought me to ^dnthe inner court through the south gate, and ^dohe measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. 29 Its ^dpside rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule ^dqhad windows all around. ^drIts length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 30 And there were vestibules all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. 31 Its vestibule faced the outer court, and ^dspalm trees were on its jambs, and ^dtits stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and ^duhe measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others. 33 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 34 ^dvIts vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

35 Then he brought me to ^dwthe north gate, and ^dxhe measured it. It had the same size as the others. 36 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, ^{▼▼One manuscript (compare verses 29 and 33); most manuscripts lack were of the same size as the others} and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 37 Its vestibule ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate (compare verses 26, 31, 34); Hebrew jambs} faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

38 There was ^eaa chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate, ^{▼▼Hebrew at the jambs, the gates} ^ecwhere the burnt offering was to be washed. 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^edtables on either side, on which the ^eeburnt offering and the ^efsin offering and the ^egguilt offering were to be slaughtered. 40 And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 ^ehFour tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, ^eion which to slaughter. 42 And there were four tables ^ejof hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the ^ekburnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43 And hooks, ^{▼▼Or shelves} a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^emchambers ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew were chambers for singers} in the ^eoinner court, one ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks one} at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew east} gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^erwho have charge of the temple, 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^eswho have charge of the altar. These are ^etthe sons of Zadok, who alone ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks alone} among the sons of Levi may come ^evnear to the Lord to minister to him.” 47 And he measured the court, ^ewa hundred cubits long and ^exa hundred cubits broad, a square. And ^eythe altar was in front of the temple.

The Vestibule of the Temple

48 Then he brought me to ^ezthe vestibule of the temple and measured the ^fajambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate} were three cubits on either side. 49 ^fcThe length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew eleven} cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps. ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and by steps that would go up to it} And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

Ezekiel 48

1 “These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside ^ffthe way of Hethlon ^fgto Lebo-hamath, as far as ^fhHazar-enan (which is on the northern border of ^fiDamascus over against Hamath), and ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew and they shall be his} extending from the east side to the west, ^{▼▼Septuagint (compare verses 2–8); Hebrew the east side the west} ^flDan, one portion. 2 Adjoining the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, ^fmAsher, one portion. 3 Adjoining the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, ^fnNaphtali, one portion. 4 Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion. 5 Adjoining the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, Ephraim, one portion. 6 Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion. 7 Adjoining the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, Judah, one portion.

8 “Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be ^fothe portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with ^fqthe sanctuary in the midst of it. 9 The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000 ^{▼▼Compare 45:1; Hebrew ten} in breadth. 10 ^fsThese shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the Lord in the midst of it. 11 This shall be for ^ftthe consecrated priests, ^futhe sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, ^fvas the Levites did. 12 And it shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites. 13 ^fwAnd alongside the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an allotment 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the breadth 20,000. ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew 10,000} 14 They ^fyshall not sell or exchange any of it. They shall not alienate ^fzthis choice portion of the land, for it is holy to the Lord.

15 ^ga“The remainder, 5,000 cubits in breadth and 25,000 in length, shall be ^gbfor common use for the city, for dwellings and for ^gcopen country. In the midst of it shall be the city, 16 and these shall be its measurements: ^gdthe north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500. 17 And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250. 18 The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. ^geIts produce shall be food for the workers of the city. 19 And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. 20 The whole portion that ^gfyou shall set apart shall be 25,000 cubits square, that is, the holy portion together with the property of the city.

21 ^gg“What remains on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city shall belong to the prince. Extending from the 25,000 cubits of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the west border, parallel to the tribal portions, it shall belong to the prince. ^ghThe holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple shall be in its midst. 22 It shall be separate from the property of the Levites and the property of the city, which are in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. The portion of the prince shall lie between the territory of Judah and the territory of Benjamin.

23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion. 24 Adjoining the territory of Benjamin, from the east side to the west, Simeon, one portion. 25 Adjoining the territory of Simeon, from the east side to the west, Issachar, one portion. 26 Adjoining the territory of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun, one portion. 27 Adjoining the territory of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad, one portion. 28 And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run ^gifrom Tamar to the waters of ^gjMeribah-kadesh, from there along the Brook of Egypt ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks of Egypt} to ^glthe Great Sea. ^{▼▼That is, the Mediterranean Sea} 29 This is the land that ^gnyou shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Lord God.

The Gates of the City

30 “These shall be ^gothe exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be ^gp4,500 cubits by measure, 31 ^gqthree gates, the gate of ^grReuben, the gate of ^gsJudah, and the gate of ^gtLevi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel. 32 On the east side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates, the gate of Joseph, the gate of Benjamin, and the gate of Dan. 33 On the south side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun. 34 On the west side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates, ^{▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Syriac (compare Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts their gates three} the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali. 35 The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And ^gvthe name of the city from that time on shall be, ^gwThe Lord Is There.”

Hebrews 12:22-23

22 But you have come to ^gxMount Zion and to the city of the living God, ^gythe heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^gzinnumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to ^hathe assembly ^{▼▼Or church} of the firstborn who are ^hcenrolled in heaven, and to ^hdGod, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Revelation of John 14:1

The Lamb and the 144,000

1 Then I looked, and behold, on ^heMount Zion ^hfstood the Lamb, and with him ^hg144,000 who ^hhhad his name and his Father’s name written ^hion their foreheads.