43:1 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
43:2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.
43:3 The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.
43:4 The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
43:5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
43:6 While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.
43:7 He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile my holy name–neither they nor their kings–by their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their kings at their high places.
43:8 When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger.
43:9 Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the lifeless idols of their kings, and I will live among them forever.
43:10 “Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider the plan,
43:11 and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple–its arrangement, its exits and entrances–its whole design and all its regulations and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.
43:12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
43:13 “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:
43:14 From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge it is two cubits high and a cubit wide, and from the smaller ledge up to the larger ledge it is four cubits high and a cubit wide.
43:15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
43:16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
43:17 The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around. The steps of the altar face east.”
43:18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and sprinkling blood upon the altar when it is built:
43:19 You are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the priests, who are Levites, of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
43:20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it.
43:21 You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
43:22 “On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull.
43:23 When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.
43:24 You are to offer them before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
43:25 “For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.
43:26 For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it.
43:27 At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
43:1 Then He brought me to the gate, that is, the gate that faces toward the east.
43:2 And the glory of the God of Israel was there, coming from the way of the east, and His voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth was illuminated with His glory.
43:3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, that is, like the vision that I had seen when He came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I had seen by the river Chebar. And I fell on my face.
43:4 And the glory of Jehovah came into the house through the gate which faced toward the east.
43:5 And the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court, and just then the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
43:6 And I heard someone speaking to me out of the house, and a man stood beside me.
43:7 And 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 in the midst of the children of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will no longer defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their fornication and by their kings’ dead bodies on their high places.
43:8 When they placed their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, there was only the 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.
43:9 Now let them put away their fornication and the dead bodies of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.
43:10 You, O son of man, describe the house to the house of Israel, that they may feel humiliated because of their iniquities, and let them measure the pattern.
43:11 And if they feel humiliated because of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, the arrangement, its exits, its entrances, its whole design, and all its statutes ? indeed its whole design and all its laws; and write them down in their sight, that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes, and do them.
43:12 This is the law of the house: Its entire area on the top of and all around the mountain shall be most holy. Indeed this is the law of the house.
43:13 Now these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth). The bottom shall be a cubit in height, a cubit in depth, and its surrounding border on its edge, a span. Now this is the base of the altar.
43:14 And from the top of the bottom upon the ground to the top of the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and one cubit in depth; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and a cubit in depth.
43:15 And the altar hearth shall be four cubits in height; and from the altar hearth there shall also be four horns projecting upward.
43:16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.
43:17 And the greater ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen cubits wide on its four sides, and its surrounding border shall be half a cubit, and its bottom shall be a cubit all around, and its steps shall face east.
43:18 And He said to me, Son of man, Thus says the Lord Jehovah, These are the statutes of the altar to be observed on the day when they make it, for offering up burnt offerings on it and for sprinkling blood upon it.
43:19 You shall give the Levitical priests who are of the seed of Zadok, who draw near to Me to minister to Me, declares the Lord Jehovah, a bull of the herd for a sin offering.
43:20 And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns, on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the surrounding border. Thus you shall purify it and make expiation for it.
43:21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
43:22 And on the second day you shall present a male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall purify the altar, just as they purified it with the bull.
43:23 When you have finished purifying it, you shall present a bull of the herd without blemish and a ram of the flock without blemish.
43:24 And you shall present them before Jehovah, and the priests shall throw salt upon them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to Jehovah.
43:25 Each day for seven days you shall offer a goat for a sin offering; they shall also offer a bull of the herd and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
43:26 Seven days they shall make expiation for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.
43:27 And when they have fulfilled the days, on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings upon the altar; and I will accept you, declares the Lord Jehovah.