Eze 43 | ESV | STEP | Then he led me to the gate , the gate facing east .

1 Then he led me to ^athe gate, the gate facing east. 2 And behold, ^bthe glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And ^cthe sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and ^dthe earth shone with his glory. 3 And ^ethe vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen ^fwhen he ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts when I} came to destroy the city, and just like ^hthe vision that I had seen ⁱby the Chebar canal. And ^jI fell on my face. 4 As ^kthe glory of the Lord ^lentered the temple by the gate facing east, 5 ^mthe Spirit lifted me up and brought me into ⁿthe inner court; and behold, ^othe glory of the Lord filled the temple.

6 ^pWhile the man was standing beside me, ^qI heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7 and he said to me, ^r“Son of man, this is ^sthe place of my throne and ^tthe place of the soles of my feet, ^uwhere I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more ^vdefile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies ^{▼▼Or the monuments; also verse 9} of their kings at their high places, ^{▼▼Or at their deaths} 8 by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with ^yonly a wall between me and them. They have ^zdefiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, ^aaand I will dwell in their midst forever.

10 “As for you, ^abson of man, ^acdescribe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, ^admake known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement, ^aeits exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down ^afin their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. 12 This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of ^agthe mountain ^ahall around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

The Altar

13 “These are the measurements of ^aithe altar by cubits (the cubit being ^aja cubit and a handbreadth): ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters; a handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters} its base shall be one cubit high ^{▼▼Or its gutter shall be one cubit deep} and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span ^{▼▼A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters} around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14 from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15 and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, ^anfour horns. 16 The altar hearth shall be ^aosquare, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17 The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around. ^apThe steps of the altar shall face east.”

18 And he said to me, ^aq“Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and ^arfor throwing blood against it, 19 you shall give to ^asthe Levitical priests ^atof the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, ^aua bull from the herd for a sin offering. 20 And ^avyou shall take some of its blood and put it on ^awthe four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon ^axthe rim all around. ^ayThus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. 21 You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and ^azit shall be burned in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22 And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23 When you have finished ^bapurifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and ^bba ram from the flock without blemish. 24 You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests ^bcshall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25 ^bdFor seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. ^{▼▼Hebrew fill its hand} 27 And when they have completed these days, then ^bffrom the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your ^bgpeace offerings, and ^bhI will accept you, declares the Lord God.”