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Ezekiel 43

Ezekiel 43

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    The LORD’s Glory Returns

    After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway.
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    God’s Glory Returns to the Temple

    Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
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    Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory.
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    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.
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    This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he camea to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.
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    The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when hea came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.
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    And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.
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    The glory of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.
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    Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple.
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    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
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    And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.
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    While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.
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    The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.b
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    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 people of Israel will never again defile my holy name — neither they nor their kings — by their prostitution and the funeral offeringsb for their kings at their death.c
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    They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.
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    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.
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    Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.
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    Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.
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    “Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan,
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    “Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider its perfection,
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    and they will be ashamedc of what they have done. Describe to them all the specifications of the Temple — including its entrances and exits — and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them.
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    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 regulationsd and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.
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    And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.
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    “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.
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    The Altar

    “These are the measurements of the altard: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,e with a curb 9 inchesf wide around its edge. And this is the heightg of the altar:
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    The Great Altar Restored

    “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits,e that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one spanf around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:
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    From the gutter the altar rises 3 1/2 feeth to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inchesi wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feetj to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide.
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    From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.g From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.h
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    The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.
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    Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.
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    The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.k
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    The altar hearth is square, twelve cubitsi long and twelve cubits wide.
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    The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 1/2 feet by 24 1/2 feet,l with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 1/2-inch curbm all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”
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    The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubitsj long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.k The steps of the altar face east.”
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    Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built.
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    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 splashing blood against the altar when it is built:
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    At that time, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who minister before me, are to be given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign LORD.
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    You are to give a young bull as a sin offeringl to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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    You will take some of its blood and smear it on the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the upper ledge, and the curb that runs around that ledge. This will cleanse and make atonement for the altar.
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    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.
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    Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.
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    You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
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    “On the second day, sacrifice as a sin offering a young male goat that has no physical defects. Then cleanse and make atonement for the altar again, just as you did with the young bull.
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    “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.
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    When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.
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    When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.
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    You are to present them to the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
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    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.
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    “Every day for seven days a male goat, a young bull, and a ram from the flock will be sacrificed as a sin offering. None of these animals may have physical defects of any kind.
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    “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.
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    Do this each day for seven days to cleanse and make atonement for the altar, thus setting it apart for holy use.
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    For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it.
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    On the eighth day, and on each day afterward, the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and peace offerings of the people. Then I will accept you. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
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    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.”
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