Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

43 Then he led me to the ^(A)gate, the gate facing east; ² and behold, the ^(B)glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the ^(C)east. And His ^(D)voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth ^(E)shone from His glory. ³ And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ^(F)vision which I saw when ^[a]He came to ^(G)destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ^(H)river Chebar; and I ^(I)fell on my face. ⁴ And the glory of the Lord entered the house by way of the gate facing ^(J)east. ⁵ And the ^(K)Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard; and behold, the ^(L)glory of the Lord filled the house.

⁶ Then I heard Him speaking to me from the house, while a ^(M)man was standing beside me. ⁷ And He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My ^(N)throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will ^(O)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 ^[b](P)corpses of their kings ^[c]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 ^(Q)defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. ⁹ Now let them ^(R)remove their prostitution and the ^[d]corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will ^(S)dwell among them forever.

¹⁰ “As for you, son of man, ^(T)inform the house of Israel of the ^[e]temple, so that they will be ^(U)ashamed of their wrongdoings; and have them measure the ^[f](V)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 ^(W)exits, its entrances, all its plans, all its ^[g]statutes, and all its laws. And write it ^(X)in their sight, so that they may observe its entire plan and all its statutes and ^(Y)execute them. ¹² This is the ^[h]law of the house: its entire ^[i]area on the top of the ^(Z)mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the ^[j]law of the house.

The Altar of Sacrifice

¹³ “And these are the measurements of the ^(AA)altar by cubits (the ^(AB)cubit being a ^[k]cubit and a hand width): the ^[l]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 ^[m]base of the altar. ¹⁴ And from the base on the ground to the lower ^(AC)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 ^[n]one cubit. ¹⁵ The ^[o]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the ^[p]altar hearth shall extend upward four ^(AD)horns. ¹⁶ Now the ^[q]altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, ^(AE)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 ^(AF)steps shall ^[r](AG)face east.”

The Offerings

¹⁸ And He said to me, “^(AH)Son of man, this is what the Lord ^[s]God says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ^(AI)burnt offerings on it and to ^(AJ)sprinkle blood on it. ¹⁹ You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the descendants of ^(AK)Zadok, who come ^(AL)near to Me to serve Me,’ declares the Lord God, ‘a ^[t](AM)bull as a ^(AN)sin offering. ²⁰ And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ^(AO)horns and on the four corners of the ^(AP)ledge, and on the border all around; so you shall ^(AQ)cleanse it and make atonement for it. ²¹ You shall also take the bull as the sin offering, and it shall be ^(AR)burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

²² ‘And on the second day you shall offer a ^(AS)male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall ^(AT)cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull. ²³ When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a ^[u](AU)bull without blemish and a ^(AV)ram without blemish from the flock. ²⁴ You shall offer them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw ^(AW)salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. ^25 (AX)For seven days you shall prepare a goat as a sin offering daily; also a ^[v]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 ^[w]consecrate it. ²⁷ When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the ^(AY)eighth day and onward, the priests shall ^[x]offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ^(AZ)peace offerings; and I will ^(BA)accept you,’ declares the Lord God.”