Chapter 43

Afterward he brought⁵⁵ me to the gate, [even] the gate that looketh⁶ toward the east:

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came¹ from the way of the east: and his voice [was] like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined⁵² with his glory.

And [it was] according to the appearance of the vision which I saw,¹ [even] according to the vision that I saw¹ when I came² to destroy¹⁵ the city: and the visions [were] like the vision that I saw¹ by the river Chebar; and I fell⁴ upon my face.

And the glory of the LORD came¹ into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect [is] toward the east.

So the spirit took me up,⁴ and brought⁵⁵ me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled¹ the house.

And I heard⁴ [him] speaking¹⁰² unto me out of the house; and the man stood⁶ by me.

And he said⁴ unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell⁴ in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile,¹⁷ [neither] they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.

In their setting² of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled¹⁴ my holy name by their abominations that they have committed:¹ wherefore I have consumed¹⁷ them in mine anger.

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far¹⁷ from me, and I will dwell¹ in the midst of them for ever.

Thou son of man, shew⁵⁴ the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed¹¹ of their iniquities: and let them measure¹ the pattern.

And if they be ashamed⁸ of all that they have done,¹ shew⁵⁴ them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write³ [it] in their sight, that they may keep⁴ the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do¹ them.

This [is] the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about ⁵⁴³⁹ [shall be] most holy. Behold, this [is] the law of the house.

And these [are] the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar.

And from the bottom [upon] the ground [even] to the lower settle [shall be] two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle [even] to the greater settle [shall be] four cubits, and the breadth [one] cubit.

So the altar ²⁰²⁵ [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and upward [shall be] four horns.

And the altar [shall be] twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ [cubits] long, twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ broad, square⁷ in the four squares thereof.

And the settle [shall be] fourteen ⁶²⁴⁰ [cubits] long and fourteen ⁶²⁴⁰ broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit about; and his stairs shall look² toward the east.

And he said⁴ unto me, Son of man, thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; These [are] the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make⁹ it, to offer⁵³ burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle² blood thereon.

And thou shalt give¹ to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister¹⁵ unto me, saith⁷ the Lord GOD, a young ¹¹²¹ bullock for a sin offering.

And thou shalt take¹ of the blood thereof, and put¹ [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse¹⁴ and purge¹⁴ it.

Thou shalt take¹ the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn¹ it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

And on the second day thou shalt offer⁵⁵ a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse¹⁴ the altar, as they did cleanse¹⁴ [it] with the bullock.

When thou hast made an end¹⁵ of cleansing¹⁵ [it], thou shalt offer⁵⁵ a young ¹¹²¹ bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.

And thou shalt offer⁵² them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast⁵² salt upon them, and they shall offer them up⁵² [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Seven days shalt thou prepare⁴ every day a goat [for] a sin offering: they shall also prepare⁴ a young ¹¹²¹ bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

Seven days shall they purge¹⁷ the altar and purify¹⁴ it; and they shall consecrate themselves.^{14 3027}

And when these days are expired,¹⁷ it shall be, [that] upon the eighth day, and [so] forward, the priests shall make⁴ your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept¹ you, saith⁷ the Lord GOD.