43
1 Afterward
he brought me
to the gate, even
the gate that looks
toward the east.
2 Behold,
the glory of
the God of Israel
came from the
way of the
east. His voice
was like the
sound of many
waters; and
the earth was illuminated
with his glory.
3 It
was like the
appearance of the
vision which I
saw, even according to
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 on
my face.
4 The
LORD’s glory came
into the house
by the way
of the gate
which faces toward
the east.
5 The
Spirit took me
up and brought
me into the
inner court; and
behold, the LORD’s
glory filled the
house.
6 I
heard one speaking
to me out
of the house,
and a man stood
by me.
7 He said
to me, “Son
of man, this
is the place
of my throne
and the place
of the soles
of my feet,
where I will
dwell among the
children of Israel
forever. The house
of Israel will
no more defile
my holy name,
neither they nor
their kings, by
their prostitution
and by the
dead bodies of
their kings in
their high places;
8 in
their setting of
their threshold by
my threshold and
their door
post beside my
door post. There
was a wall between
me and them;
and they have
defiled my holy
name by their
abominations which
they have
committed. Therefore
I have consumed
them in my anger.
9 Now
let them put
away their
prostitution, and
the dead bodies
of their kings
far from me.
Then I will
dwell among them
forever.
10 “You,
son of man,
show the house
to the house
of Israel, that
they may be
ashamed of their
iniquities; and
let them measure
the pattern.
11 If they
are ashamed of
all that they
have done, make
known to them
the form of
the house, its
fashion, its exits,
its entrances,
its structure, all
its ordinances,
all its forms,
and all its
laws; and write
it in their
sight, that they
may keep the
whole form of
it, and all
its ordinances,
and do them.
12 “This
is the law
of the house.
On the top
of the mountain
the whole limit
around it shall
be most holy.
Behold, this is
the law of
the house.
13 “These
are the
measurements of
the altar by cubits
(the cubit
is a cubit and
a hand width):
the bottom shall
be a cubit, and
the width a cubit,
and its border
around its edge
a span;
and this shall
be the base
of the altar.
14 From
the bottom on
the ground to the
lower ledge
shall be two cubits,
and the width
one cubit; and
from the lesser
ledge to the
greater ledge
shall be four cubits, and
the width a cubit.
15 The upper
altar shall be four cubits; and from
the altar hearth and
upward there shall be four
horns.
16 The altar
hearth shall be twelve cubits long
by twelve wide,
square in its four
sides.
17 The
ledge shall be
fourteen cubits long by
fourteen wide in
its four sides;
and the border
about it shall be
half a cubit; and
its bottom shall be
a cubit around;
and its steps
shall look toward
the east.”
18 He said
to me, “Son
of man, the
Lord GOD says: ‘These
are the ordinances
of the altar
in the day
when they make
it, to offer
burnt offerings on
it, and to
sprinkle blood on
it.
19 You
shall give to
the Levitical
priests who are
of the offspring
of Zadok, who
are near to
me, to minister
to me,’ says
the Lord GOD, ‘a
young bull for
a sin offering.
20 You
shall take of
its blood and
put it on
its four horns,
and on the four
corners of the
ledge, and on
the border all
around. You shall
cleanse it and
make atonement for
it that way.
21 You
shall also take
the bull of
the sin offering,
and it shall
be burned in
the appointed
place of the
house, outside of
the sanctuary.
22 “On
the second day
you shall offer
a male goat
without defect for
a sin offering;
and they shall
cleanse the altar,
as they cleansed
it with the
bull.
23 When
you have finished
cleansing it, you
shall offer a
young bull without
defect and a ram
out of the
flock without
defect.
24 You
shall bring them
near to the
LORD, and the
priests shall cast
salt on them,
and they shall
offer them up
for a burnt
offering to the
LORD.
25 “Seven
days you shall
prepare every day
a goat for
a sin offering.
They shall also
prepare a young
bull and a ram
out of the
flock, without
defect.
26 Seven
days shall they
make atonement for
the altar and
purify it. So
shall they
consecrate it.
27 When
they have
accomplished the
days, it shall
be that on
the eighth day
and onward, the
priests shall make
your burnt
offerings on the
altar and your
peace offerings.
Then I will
accept you,’ says
the Lord GOD.”