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Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

¹ Then he led me to the ^(C1)gate, the gate facing east;² and behold, the ^(C1)glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the ^(C2)east. And His ^(C3)voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth ^(C4)shone from His glory.³ And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ^(C1)vision which I saw when ^(F1)He came to ^(C2)destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ^(C3)river Chebar; and I ^(C4)fell on my face.⁴ And the glory of the LORD entered the house by way of the gate facing ^(C1)east.⁵ And the ^(C1)Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the ^(C2)glory of the LORD filled the house.

⁶ Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a ^(C1)man was standing beside me.⁷ And He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My ^(C1)throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will ^(C2)dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the ^(F1)(C3)corpses of their kings ^(F2)when they die,⁸ by putting their threshold by My threshold, and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have ^(C1)defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.⁹ "Now let them ^(C1)remove their prostitution and the ^(F1)corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will ^(C2)dwell among them forever.

¹⁰ "As for you, son of man, ^(C1)inform the house of Israel of the ^(F1)temple, so that they will be ^(C2)ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the ^(F2)(C3)plan.¹¹ "And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its ^(C1)exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its ^(F1)statutes, and all its laws. And write it ^(C2)in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and ^(C3)execute them.¹² "This is the ^(F1)law of the house: its entire ^(F2)area on the top of the ^(C1)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the ^(F1)law of the house.

The Altar of Sacrifice

¹³ "And these are the measurements of the ^(C1)altar by cubits (the ^(C2)cubit being a ^(F1)cubit and a hand width): the ^(F2)base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the ^(F3)base of the altar.¹⁴ "And from the base on the ground to the lower ^(C1)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 ^(F1)one cubit.¹⁵ "The ^(F1)altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the ^(F1)altar hearth shall extend upward four ^(C1)horns.¹⁶ "Now the ^(F1)altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^(C1)square in its four sides.¹⁷ "And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit, and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its ^(C1)steps shall ^(F1)(C2)face east."

The Offerings

¹⁸ And He said to me, "^(C1)Son of man, this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ^(C2)burnt offerings on it and to ^(C3)sprinkle blood on it.¹⁹ 'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of ^(C1)Zadok, who come ^(C2)near to Me to serve Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a ^(F1)(C3)bull as a ^(C4)sin offering.²⁰ 'And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ^(C1)horns and on the four corners of the ^(C2)ledge, and on the border all around; so you shall ^(C3)cleanse it and make atonement for it.²¹ 'You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be ^(C1)burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

²² 'And on the second day you shall offer a ^(C1)male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall ^(C2)cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull.²³ 'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a ^(F1)(C1)bull without blemish and a ^(C2)ram without blemish from the flock.²⁴ 'You shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw ^(C1)salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.²⁵ '^(C1)For seven days you shall prepare a goat as a sin offering daily; also a ^(F1)bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, shall be prepared.²⁶ 'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they ^(F1)consecrate it.²⁷ 'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the ^(C1)eighth day and onward, the priests shall ^(F1)offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ^(C2)peace offerings; and I will ^(C3)accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."