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Text -- Ezekiel 43:1-27 (NET)
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The Glory Returns to the Temple
43:1 Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east .
43:2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east ; the sound was like that of rushing water ; and the earth radiated his glory .
43:3 It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city , and the vision I saw by the Kebar River . I threw myself face down .
43:4 The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east .
43:5 Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court ; I watched the glory of the Lord filling the temple .
43:6 I heard someone speaking to me from the temple , while the man was standing beside me.
43:7 He said to me: “Son of man , this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet , where I will live among the people of Israel forever . The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name , neither they nor their kings , by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.
43:8 When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost , with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed . So I consumed them in my anger .
43:9 Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever .
43:10 “As for you , son of man , describe the temple to the house of Israel , so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern .
43:11 When they are ashamed of all that they have done , make known to them the design of the temple , its pattern , its exits and entrances , and its whole design – all its statutes , its entire design , and all its laws ; write it all down in their sight , so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.
43:12 “This is the law of the temple : The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy . Indeed , this is the law of the temple .
The Altar
43:13 “And these are the measurements of the altar : Its base is 1¾ feet high, and 1¾ feet wide , and its border nine inches on its edge . This is to be the height of the altar .
43:14 From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet , and the width 1¾ feet ; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge , 7 feet , and the width 1¾ feet ;
43:15 and the altar hearth , 7 feet , and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward .
43:16 Now the altar hearth is a perfect square , 21 feet long and 21 feet wide .
43:17 The ledge is 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide on four sides ; the border around it is 10½ inches , and its surrounding base 1¾ feet . Its steps face east .”
43:18 Then he said to me: “Son of man , this is what the sovereign Lord says : These are the statutes of the altar : On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,
43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok , who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord .
43:20 You will take some of its blood , and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge , and on the border all around ; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it.
43:21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering , and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple , outside the sanctuary .
43:22 “On the second day , you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering . They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull .
43:23 When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock .
43:24 You will present them before the Lord , and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord .
43:25 “For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering ; a young bull and a ram from the flock , both without blemish , will be provided .
43:26 For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.
43:27 When the prescribed period is over , on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings ; I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Temple |
Ezekiel |
Vision |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Altar |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
ARIEL |
TEMPLE, A2 |
Idolatry |
GLORY |
BOTTOM |
SETTLE (1) |
JERUSALEM, 4 |
LEDGE |
Dead Body |
PURGE |
Blood |
Salt |
HEARTH |
Seven |
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NET Notes -> Eze 43:2; Eze 43:2; Eze 43:2; Eze 43:2; Eze 43:2; Eze 43:3; Eze 43:5; Eze 43:5; Eze 43:5; Eze 43:7; Eze 43:7; Eze 43:7; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:13; Eze 43:14; Eze 43:14; Eze 43:14; Eze 43:16; Eze 43:16; Eze 43:17; Eze 43:17; Eze 43:17; Eze 43:18; Eze 43:20; Eze 43:24; Eze 43:26; Eze 43:27; Eze 43:27
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NET Notes: Eze 43:3 Heb “I.” The reading is due to the confusion of yod (י, indicating a first person pronoun) and vav (ו, indicating a third pers...
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NET Notes: Eze 43:5 In 1 Kgs 8:10-11 we find a similar event with regard to Solomon’s temple. See also Exod 40:34-35. and Isa 6:4.
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NET Notes: Eze 43:7 Heb “by their corpses in their death.” But the term normally translated “corpses” is better understood here as a reference to ...
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NET Notes: Eze 43:14 Heb “four cubits” (i.e., 2.1 meters; the phrase also occurs in the next verse).
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NET Notes: Eze 43:24 It is likely that salt was used with sacrificial meals (Num 18:19; 2 Chr 13:5).
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