EZEKIEL 43 [†]Then he led me to  b the gate, the gate facing east. 2[†]And behold,  c the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east. And  d the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters, and  e the earth shone with his glory. 3[^][†]And  f the vision I saw was just like the vision that I had seen  g when he [1] came to destroy the city, and just like  h the vision that I had seen  i by the Chebar canal. And  j I fell on my face. 4As  c the glory of the LORD  k entered the temple by the gate facing east, 5[†] l the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into  m the inner court; and behold,  n the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

6[†] o While the man was standing beside me,  p I heard one speaking to me out of the temple, 7and he said to me,  q “Son of man, this is  r the place of my throne and  s the place of the soles of my feet,  t where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel forever. And the house of Israel shall no more  u defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoring and by the dead bodies [2] of their kings at their high places, [3] 8by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with  v only a wall between me and them. They have  w defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9Now let them put away their whoring and the dead bodies of their kings far from me,  t and I will dwell in their midst forever.

10“As for you,  q son of man,  x describe to the house of Israel the temple, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and they shall measure the plan. 11And if they are ashamed of all that they have done,  x make known to them the design of the temple, its arrangement,  y its exits and its entrances, that is, its whole design; and make known to them as well all its statutes and its whole design and all its laws, and write it down  z in their sight, so that they may observe all its laws and all its statutes and carry them out. 12This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of  a the mountain  b all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

13[†]“These are the measurements of  c the altar by cubits (the cubit being  d a cubit and a handbreadth): [4] its base shall be one cubit high [5] and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span [6] around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward,  e four horns. 16The altar hearth shall be  f square, twelve cubits long by twelve broad. 17The ledge also shall be square, fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad, with a rim around it half a cubit broad, and its base one cubit all around.  g The steps of the altar shall face east.”

18[^][†]And he said to me,  h “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and  i for throwing blood against it, 19you shall give to  j the Levitical priests  k of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord GOD,  l a bull from the herd for a sin offering. 20And  m you shall take some of its blood and put it on  e the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon  n the rim all around.  o Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it. 21You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and  p it shall be burned in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23When you have finished  o purifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and  q a ram from the flock without blemish. 24You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests  r shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD. 25 s For seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. [7] 27[†]And when they have completed these days, then  t from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your  u peace offerings, and  v I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.”