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Vision
of the Glory of God Filling the Temple |
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Ezekiel 43:1
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Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing
toward the east; |
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Ezekiel 43:2
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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. |
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Ezekiel 43:3
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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. |
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Ezekiel 43:4
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And the glory of the LORD came into the house
by the way of the gate facing toward the east. |
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Ezekiel 43:5
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And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into
the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. |
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Ezekiel 43:6
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Then I heard one speaking to me from the house,
while a man was standing beside me. |
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Ezekiel 43:7
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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, |
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Ezekiel 43:8
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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. |
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Ezekiel 43:9
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"Now let them put away their harlotry and the
corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever. |
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Ezekiel 43:10
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"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. |
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Ezekiel 43:11
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"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. |
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Ezekiel 43:12
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"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. |
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The Altar of Sacrifice |
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Ezekiel 43:13
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"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. |
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Ezekiel 43:14
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"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. |
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Ezekiel 43:15
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"The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and
from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns. |
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Ezekiel 43:16
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"Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits
long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. |
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Ezekiel 43:17
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"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." |
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The Offerings |
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Ezekiel 43:18
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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. |
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Ezekiel 43:19
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:20
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:21
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:22
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:23
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'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall
present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock. |
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Ezekiel 43:24
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:25
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'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. |
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Ezekiel 43:26
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'For seven days they shall make atonement for
the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it. |
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Ezekiel 43:27
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'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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