Ezekiel 43:1-12
New American Standard Bible
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.
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- Ezekiel 43:3 As in some mss and some ancient versions; MT I
- Ezekiel 43:7 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
- Ezekiel 43:7 Lit in their death; MT on their high places
- Ezekiel 43:9 Or monuments as in Ugaritic
- Ezekiel 43:10 Lit house
- Ezekiel 43:10 Or perfection; or pattern
- Ezekiel 43:11 MT repeats and all its plans after statutes
- Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
- Ezekiel 43:12 Lit border
- Ezekiel 43:12 Or instruction for
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