Then he led me to the agate, the gate facing toward the east;Ezek 10:19; 40:6; 42:15; 43:4; 44:1; 46:1 2 and behold, the aglory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the beast. And His cvoice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth dshone with His glory.Is 6:3; Ezek 1:28; 3:23; 10:18, 19Ezek 11:23Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2Ezek 1:28; 10:4; Rev 18:1 3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the avision which I saw when 1He came to bbring the city to ruin. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the criver Chebar; and I dfell on my face.As in some mss and ancient versions; M.T. IEzek 1:4-28Jer 1:10; Ezek 9:1, 5; 32:18Ezek 1:3; 10:20Ezek 1:28; 3:23 4 And the glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the aeast.Ezek 10:19; 11:23; 43:2 5 And the aSpirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the bglory of Yahweh filled the house.Ezek 3:14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 2 Cor 12:2-4Ezek 10:4
6 Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a aman was standing beside me.Ezek 1:26; 40:3 7 He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My athrone and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will bdwell 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 harlotry and by the 1ccorpses of their kings 2when they die,Ugaritic monumentsOr in their high placesPs 47:8; Ezek 1:26Ezek 37:26, 28Lev 26:30; Ezek 6:5, 13 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 adefiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger.Ezek 8:3, 16 9 Now let them aput away their harlotry and the 1corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will bdwell among them forever.Ugaritic monumentsEzek 18:30, 31Ezek 37:26-28; 43:7
10 “As for you, son of man, 1adescribe the house of Yahweh to the house of Israel, that they may feel bdishonor for their iniquities; and let them measure the 2cplan.Lit declareLit perfection, patternEzek 40:4Ezek 16:61, 63; 43:11Ezek 28:12 11 If they feel dishonor for all that they have done, make known to them the 1design of the house, its structure, its aexits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes2, and all its laws. And write it bin their sight so that they may keep its whole 3design and all its statutes and cdo them.Or form(s)M.T. adds and all its designsEzek 44:5Ezek 12:3Ezek 11:20; 36:27 12 This is the 1law of the house: within its entire boundary, on the top of the amountain all around, shall be most holy. Behold, this is the 2law of the house.Or instruction forEzek 40:2
13 “And these are the measurements of the aaltar by cubits (the bcubit being a 1cubit and a 2handbreadth): the 3base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one 4span; and this shall be the height of the 5base of the altar.A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cmA handbreadth was approx. 3 in. or 7.6 cmLit lapA span was approx. 9 in. or 23 cmOr backEx 27:1-8; 2 Chr 4:1Ezek 40:5; 41:8 14 And from the base on the ground to the lower aledge shall be two 1cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width 2one cubit.A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cmLit theEzek 43:17, 20; 45:19 15 And the 1altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the 2altar hearth shall extend upwards four ahorns.Or arielEx 27:2; Lev 9:9; 1 Kin 1:50; Ps 118:27 16 Now the 1altar hearth shall be 2twelve cubits long by twelve wide, asquare in its four sides.Or ariel shallApprox. 17.11 ft. or 5.4 mEx 27:1 17 The ledge shall be 1fourteen 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 round about; and its asteps shall 2bface the east.”Approx. 20.11 ft. or 6.3 mOr be on the east sideEx 20:26Ezek 40:6
18 And He said to me, “aSon of man, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is made, to offer bburnt offerings on it and to csplash blood on it.Ezek 2:1Ex 40:29Lev 1:5, 11; Heb 9:21, 22 19 And you shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the seed of aZadok, who draw bnear to Me to minister to Me,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘a cbull from the herd for a dsin offering.1 Kin 2:35; Ezek 40:46; 44:15Num 16:5, 40Lev 4:3; Ezek 43:23; 45:18Ezek 45:19; Heb 7:27 20 You shall also take some of its blood and put it on its four ahorns and on the four corners of the bledge and on the border round about; thus you shall cpurify it and make atonement for it.Lev 8:15; 9:9; Ezek 43:15Ezek 43:14, 17Lev 16:19; Ezek 43:22, 26 21 And you shall take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be aburned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.Ex 29:14; Lev 4:12; Heb 13:11
22 ‘Now on the second day you shall bring near a amale goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall bpurify the altar as they purified it with the bull.Ezek 43:25Ezek 43:20, 26 23 When you have finished purifying it, you shall present a abull from the herd without blemish and a bram without blemish from the flock.Ex 29:1, 10; Ezek 45:18Ex 29:1 24 And you shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall throw asalt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh.Lev 2:13; Num 18:19; Mark 9:49, 50; Col 4:6 25 aFor seven days you shall offer daily a goat for a sin offering; also a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be offered.Ex 29:35-37; Lev 8:33, 35 26 For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they 1ordain it.Lit fill its hands 27 So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the aeighth day and onward, the priests shall 1offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your bpeace offerings; and I will caccept you,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”Lit makeLev 9:1Lev 3:1; 17:5Ezek 20:40