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		Ezek 43:1 Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east;
		Ezek 43:2 and behold, the glory 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.
		Ezek 43:3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
		Ezek 43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east.
		Ezek 43:5 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
		Ezek 43:6 ¶ Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me.
		Ezek 43:7 He 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 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 corpses of their kings when they die,
		Ezek 43:8 by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.
		Ezek 43:9 "Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.
		Ezek 43:10 ¶ "As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan.
		Ezek 43:11 "If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
		Ezek 43:12 "This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
		Ezek 43:13 ¶ "And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar.
		Ezek 43:14 "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.
		Ezek 43:15 "The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns.
		Ezek 43:16 "Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
		Ezek 43:17 "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 round about; and its steps shall face the east."
		Ezek 43:18 ¶ And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it.
		Ezek 43:19 'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who draw near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a young bull for a sin offering.
		Ezek 43:20 'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it.
		Ezek 43:21 'You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.
		Ezek 43:22 ¶ '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.
		Ezek 43:23 'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
		Ezek 43:24 '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.
		Ezek 43:25 '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.
		Ezek 43:26 'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.
		Ezek 43:27 'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."

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