Ezekiel 43:18-27 - The Consecration Of The Altar

¹⁸ Then he told me, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "These are the regulations for the altar, starting the day that it is constructed for presenting burnt offerings and sprinkling blood. ¹⁹ You are to present to the Levitical priests, Zadok's descendants, who will approach me to serve me, a young bull for a sin offering,' declares the Lord GOD. ²⁰ You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of its ledge, and on the border that surrounds it, thus cleansing it and making an atonement for it. ²¹ You are also to present a bull for a sin offering, incinerating it in the appointed place at the Temple, outside the sanctuary.

²² "The second day following commencement of offerings, you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering to cleanse the altar the same way they cleansed it with the bull. ²³ After you've finished the cleansing, you are to present a young bull without defect and a ram from the flock without defect. ²⁴ You are to present them in the LORD's presence, and the priests are to throw salt on them and then present them as a burnt offering to the LORD. ²⁵ "Every day for a week, you are to prepare a goat for a sin offering, a young bull, and a ram from the flock, each without defect. ²⁶ For a seven day period they are to make atonement for the altar, purifying it and consecrating it. ²⁷ When they will have completed this period, starting the next day, the priests are to offer your burnt offerings on the altar, along with your peace offerings, and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."