Then he led me to the agate, the gate facing 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 from 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 bdestroy the city. 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 some ancient versions; MT 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 the LORD entered the house by way of the gate facing aeast.Ezek 10:19; 11:23; 43:2 5 And the aSpirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the bglory of the LORD filled the house.Ezek 3:14; 8:3; 11:1, 24; 2 Cor 12:2-4Ezek 10:4
6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a aman was standing beside me.Ezek 1:26; 40:3 7 And 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 prostitution and by the 1ccorpses of their kings 2when they die,Or monuments as in UgariticLit in their death; MT on 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 committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.Ezek 8:3, 16 9 Now let them aremove their prostitution and the 1corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will bdwell among them forever.Or monuments as in UgariticEzek 18:30, 31Ezek 37:26-28; 43:7
10 “As for you, son of man, ainform the house of Israel of the 1temple, so that they will be bashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the 2cplan.Lit houseOr perfection; or patternEzek 40:4Ezek 16:61, 63; 43:11Ezek 28:12 11 And if they are ashamed of everything that they have done, make known to them the plan of the house, its layout, its aexits, its entrances, all its plans, all its 1statutes, and all its laws. And write it bin their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and cexecute them.MT repeats and all its plans after statutesEzek 44:5Ezek 12:3Ezek 11:20; 36:27 12 This is the 1law of the house: its entire 2area on the top of the amountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the 3law of the house.Or instruction forLit borderEzek 40:2
13 “And these are the measurements of the aaltar by cubits (the bcubit being a 1cubit and a hand width): the 2base 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 3base of the altar.A cubit and hand width equals about 21 in. or 53 cmLit lapOr 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 cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width 1one cubit.Lit theEzek 43:17, 20; 45:19 15 The 1altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the 2altar hearth shall extend upward four ahorns.Or ariel shallEx 27:2; Lev 9:9; 1 Kin 1:50; Ps 118:27 16 Now the 1altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, asquare in its four sides.Heb arielEx 27:1 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 asteps shall 1bface east.”Or be on the east sideEx 20:26Ezek 40:6
18 And He said to me, “aSon of man, this is what the Lord 1GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer bburnt offerings on it and to csprinkle blood on it.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chEzek 2:1Ex 40:29Lev 1:5, 11; Heb 9:21, 22 19 You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of aZadok, who come bnear to Me to serve Me,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘a 1cbull as a dsin offering.Or young bull1 Kin 2:35; Ezek 40:46; 44:15Num 16:5, 40Lev 4:3; Ezek 43:23; 45:18Ezek 45:19; Heb 7:27 20 And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ahorns and on the four corners of the bledge, and on the border all around; so you shall ccleanse it and make atonement for it.Lev 8:15; 9:9; Ezek 43:15Ezek 43:14, 17Lev 16:19; Ezek 43:22, 26 21 You shall also take the bull as 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 ‘And on the second day you shall offer a amale goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall bcleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull.Ezek 43:25Ezek 43:20, 26 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a 1abull without blemish and a bram without blemish from the flock.Or young bullEx 29:1, 10; Ezek 45:18Ex 29:1 24 You shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw asalt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.Lev 2:13; Num 18:19; Mark 9:49, 50; Col 4:6 25 aFor seven days you shall prepare a goat as a sin offering daily; also a 1bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, shall be prepared.Or young bullEx 29:35-37; Lev 8:33, 35 26 For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they 1consecrate it.Lit fill its hands 27 When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the aeighth day and onward, the priests shall 1offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your bpeace offerings; and I will caccept you,’ declares the Lord GOD.”Lit makeLev 9:1Lev 3:1; 17:5Ezek 20:40