Thematic Bible




Ezekiel 43:1 (show verse)

Then he (the angel) led me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.
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Ezekiel 43:2 (show verse)

And behold, the glory and brilliance of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east; and His voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

Ezekiel 43:3 (show verse)

And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision I saw beside the River Chebar [near Babylon]; and I fell face downward.

Ezekiel 43:4 (show verse)

And the glory and brilliance of the Lord entered the temple by way of the gate facing toward the east.
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Ezekiel 43:5 (show verse)

Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the glory and brilliance of the Lord filled the temple.
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Ezekiel 43:6 (show verse)

And I heard One speaking to me from the temple, while a man was standing beside me.
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Ezekiel 43:7 (show verse)

And He [the Lord] said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons (descendants) of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their [idolatrous] prostitution and by the corpses and monuments of their kings in their graves,

Ezekiel 43:8 (show verse)

by setting their threshold by My threshold and their doorpost beside My doorpost, with [only] the wall between Me and them. They have defiled and desecrated My holy name by the vile atrocities which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.

Ezekiel 43:9 (show verse)

Now let them put far away from Me their [idolatrous] prostitution and the corpses and monuments of their kings, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

Ezekiel 43:10 (show verse)

“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins; and let them measure its plan [in detail].
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Ezekiel 43:11 (show verse)

If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple (house), its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
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Ezekiel 43:12 (show verse)

This is the law of the temple: Its entire area all around on the top of the mountain (Mount Moriah) shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
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Ezekiel 43:13 (show verse)

“And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits (the cubit being a [long] cubit [the length of a forearm] and a hand width): the base shall be a cubit [long] and a cubit wide, with its border on its edge all around it of a span [in width]. And this shall be the height of the base of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:14 (show verse)

From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit.

Ezekiel 43:15 (show verse)

The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns [one from each corner, each one cubit high].

Ezekiel 43:16 (show verse)

Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.

Ezekiel 43:17 (show verse)

The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide on its four sides, and the border around it shall be half a cubit; and its base shall be a cubit all around, and its steps shall face the east.”

Ezekiel 43:18 (show verse)

And He [the Lord] said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘These are the statutes and regulations for [the use of] the altar on the day that it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it.

Ezekiel 43:19 (show verse)

You shall give to the priests, the Levites who are from the descendants of Zadok, who are close to Me to minister to Me,’ says the Lord God, ‘a young bull for a sin offering [as a memorial to Christ’s sacrifice].

Ezekiel 43:20 (show verse)

And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns [of the altar of burnt offering] and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border all around; thus you shall cleanse it (from sin) and make atonement for it.

Ezekiel 43:21 (show verse)

You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 43:22 (show verse)

‘On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.

Ezekiel 43:23 (show verse)

When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.

Ezekiel 43:24 (show verse)

You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Ezekiel 43:25 (show verse)

For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared.

Ezekiel 43:26 (show verse)

For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate it [to receive offerings].

Ezekiel 43:27 (show verse)

When they have completed these days, on the eighth day and from then onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,’ says the Lord God.”