Ezekiel 43

New American Standard Bible

Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

43 Then he led me to the ^(A)gate, the gate facing east; ²and 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 from His glory. ³And 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. ⁴And the glory of the Lord entered the house by way of the gate facing ^(J)east. ⁵And the ^(K)Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the ^(L)glory of the Lord filled the house.

⁶Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a ^(M)man was standing beside me. ⁷And 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 prostitution and by the ^[b]^(P)corpses of their kings ^[c]when 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 ^(Q)defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. ⁹Now let them ^(R)remove their prostitution 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, ^(T)inform the house of Israel of the ^[e]temple, so that they will be ^(U)ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the ^[f]^(V)plan. ¹¹And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its ^(W)exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its ^[g]statutes, and all its laws. And write it ^(X)in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and ^(Y)execute them. ¹²This is the ^[h]law of the house: its entire ^[i]area on the top of the ^(Z)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the ^[j]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 ^[k]cubit and a hand width): the ^[l]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the ^[m]base of the altar. ¹⁴And 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 ^[n]one cubit. ¹⁵The ^[o]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the ^[p]altar hearth shall extend upward four ^(AD)horns. ¹⁶Now the ^[q]altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^(AE)square in its four sides. ¹⁷And 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 all around; and its ^(AF)steps shall ^[r]^(AG)face east.”

The Offerings

¹⁸And He said to me, “^(AH)Son of man, this is what the Lord ^[s]God says: ‘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. ¹⁹You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of ^(AK)Zadok, who come ^(AL)near to Me to serve Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a ^[t]^(AM)bull as a ^(AN)sin offering. ²⁰And 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 all around; so you shall ^(AQ)cleanse it and make atonement for it. ²¹You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be ^(AR)burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

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

Footnotes

Ezekiel 43:3 As in some mss and some ancient versions; MT I
Ezekiel 43:7 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
Ezekiel 43:7 Lit in their death; MT on their high places
Ezekiel 43:9 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
Ezekiel 43:10 Lit house
Ezekiel 43:10 Or perfection; or pattern
Ezekiel 43:11 MT repeats and all its plans after statutes
Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
Ezekiel 43:12 Lit border
Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
Ezekiel 43:13 A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cm
Ezekiel 43:13 Lit lap
Ezekiel 43:13 Or back
Ezekiel 43:14 Lit the
Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
Ezekiel 43:15 Or ariel shall
Ezekiel 43:16 Heb ariel
Ezekiel 43:17 Or be on the east side
Ezekiel 43:18 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 43:19 Or young bull
Ezekiel 43:23 Or young bull
Ezekiel 43:25 Or young bull
Ezekiel 43:26 Lit fill its hands
Ezekiel 43:27 Lit make

Psalm 95-96

New American Standard Bible

Praise to the Lord and Warning against Unbelief.

95 Come, let’s ^(A)sing for joy to the Lord,
Let’s shout joyfully to ^(B)the rock of our salvation.
²Let’s ^(C)come before His presence ^(D)with a song of thanksgiving,
Let’s shout joyfully to Him ^(E)in songs with instruments.
³For the Lord is a ^(F)great God
And a great King ^(G)above all gods,
⁴In whose hand are the ^(H)depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are also His.
⁵^[a]The sea is His, for it was He ^(I)who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

⁶Come, let’s ^(J)worship and bow down,
Let’s ^(K)kneel before the Lord our ^(L)Maker.
⁷For He is our God,
And ^(M)we are the people of His ^[b]^(N)pasture and the sheep of His hand.
^(O)Today, ^[c]if you will hear His voice,
⁸Do not harden your hearts as at ^[d]^(P)Meribah,
As on the day of ^[e]^(Q)Massah in the wilderness,
⁹“When your fathers ^(R)put Me to the test,
They tested Me, though they had seen My work.
¹⁰For ^(S)forty years I was disgusted with that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
¹¹Therefore I ^(T)swore in My anger,
They certainly shall not enter My ^(U)rest.”

A Call to Worship the Lord the Righteous Judge.

96 ^(V)Sing to the Lord a ^(W)new song;
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
²Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
^(X)Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
³Tell of ^(Y)His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
⁴For ^(Z)great is the Lord, and ^(AA)greatly to be praised;
He is to be ^(AB)feared ^(AC)above all gods.
⁵For ^(AD)all the gods of the peoples are ^[f]idols,
But ^(AE)the Lord made the heavens.
⁶^(AF)Splendor and majesty are before Him,
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.

⁷^[g]Ascribe to the Lord, you ^(AG)families of the peoples,
^[h]^(AH)Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
⁸^[i]Ascribe to the Lord the ^(AI)glory of His name;
Bring an ^[j]^(AJ)offering and come into His courtyards.
⁹^(AK)Worship the Lord in ^[k]holy attire;
^(AL)Tremble before Him, all the earth.
¹⁰Say among the nations, “^(AM)The Lord reigns;
Indeed, the ^(AN)world is firmly established, it will not be moved;
He will ^(AO)judge the peoples fairly.”

¹¹May the ^(AP)heavens be joyful, and may the ^(AQ)earth rejoice;
May ^(AR)the sea ^[l]roar, and ^[m]all it contains;
¹²May the ^(AS)field be jubilant, and all that is in it.
Then all the ^(AT)trees of the forest will sing for joy
¹³Before the Lord, ^(AU)for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
^(AV)He will judge the world in righteousness,
And the peoples in His faithfulness.