It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.

Then I said, “Lord, from the very beginning you have been seated on your glorious throne on high. You are the place where we can find refuge.

He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.

“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary.

You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

From all your gifts you must offer up every raised offering due the Lord, from all the best of it, and the holiest part of it.’

Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.’”

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.