Ezekiel 43

Revised Geneva Translation

43 Afterward, he brought me to the gate, the gate that turns toward the East.

² And behold, the Glory of the God of Israel came from out of the East, Whose Voice was like a noise of great waters. And the Earth was lit up with His Glory.

³ And the vision which I saw was like the vision, as the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river, Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

⁴ And the Glory of the LORD came into the House, by the way of the gate which was facing toward the East.

⁵ So the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court. And behold, the Glory of the LORD filled the House.

⁶ And I heard one speaking to me out of the House. And there stood a man beside me,

⁷ who said to me, “Son of man, this place is My throne, and the place of the soles of My Feet, where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever. And the House of Israel shall no longer defile My Holy Name, neither they nor their kings, by their fornication, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places

⁸ “when they set their thresholds by My thresholds, and their posts by My posts (for there was only a wall between Me and them). Still, they have defiled My Holy Name with their abominations that they have committed. Therefore, I have consumed them in My wrath.

⁹ “Now, let them put away their fornication and the carcasses of their kings far from Me. And I will dwell among them forever.

¹⁰ “You, son of man, show this House to the House of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their wickedness. And let them measure the pattern.

¹¹ “And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the House, and its pattern, and its going out and its coming in, and its whole fashion, and all its Ordinances, and all its figures, and all its Laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may keep its whole fashion, and all its Ordinances, and do them.

¹² “This is the description of the House: It shall be upon the top of the Mount. All its limits all around shall be Most Holy. Behold, this is the description of the House.

¹³ “And these are the measures of the Altar in cubits: A cubit is one cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit. And its border, all around its edge, shall be a span. And this shall be the height of the Altar.

¹⁴ “And from the bottom (the ground) to the lower piece shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit. And from the little piece to the great piece shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit.

¹⁵ “So the altar shall be four cubits, and from the altar upward shall be four horns.

¹⁶ “And the altar shall be twelve cubits long and twelve wide, and foursquare in its four corners.

¹⁷ “And the frame shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide in its foursquare corners. And the border around it shall be half a cubit. And its bottom shall be a cubit around. And its steps shall be turned toward the East.”

¹⁸ And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘These are the Ordinances of the Altar, on the day when they shall make it, to offer the Burnt Offering on it, and to sprinkle blood on it.

¹⁹ ‘And You shall give to the Priests, and to the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach to Me, to minister to Me,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘a young bullock for a Sin Offering.

²⁰ ‘And you shall take of its blood and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the frame, and upon the border all around. Thus you shall cleanse it and reconcile it.

²¹ ‘You shall also take the bullock of the Sin Offering and burn it in the appointed place of the House, outside the Sanctuary.

²² ‘But the second day, you shall offer a male goat, without blemish, for a Sin Offering. And they shall cleanse the Altar as they cleansed it with the bullock.

²³ ‘After you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock, without blemish, and a ram from the flock, without blemish.

²⁴ ‘And you shall offer them before the LORD. And the Priests shall cast salt upon them; and they shall offer them for a Burnt Offering to the LORD.

²⁵ ‘You shall prepare a male goat for a Sin Offering every day for seven days. They shall also prepare a young bullock and a ram from the flock, without blemish.

²⁶ ‘Thus shall they purify the Altar for seven days, and cleanse it, and consecrate it.

²⁷ ‘And when these days have expired, upon the eighth day and so forth, the Priests shall make your Burnt Offerings upon the Altar, and your Peace Offerings. And I will accept you,’ says the Lord GOD.”