²⁴ “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.^{(A) 25} I will sprinkle^(B) clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse^(C) you from all your impurities^(D) and from all your idols.^{(E) 26} I will give you a new heart^(F) and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone^(G) and give you a heart of flesh.^{(H) 27} And I will put my Spirit^(I) in you and move you to follow my decrees^(J) and be careful to keep my laws.^{(K) 28} Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors; you will be my people,^(L) and I will be your God.^{(M) 29} I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine^(N) upon you. ³⁰ I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine.^{(O) 31} Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.^(P)

²³ They will no longer defile^(A) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,^[a](B) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.^(C)

²⁴ “‘My servant David^(D) will be king^(E) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.^(F) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.^(G)

⁷ He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne^(A) and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel will never again defile^(B) my holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and the funeral offerings^[a] for their kings at their death.^{[b](C) 8} When they placed their threshold next to my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them, they defiled my holy name by their detestable practices. So I destroyed them in my anger. ⁹ Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.^(D)

¹⁰ “Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed^(E) of their sins. Let them consider its perfection, ¹¹ and if they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement, its exits and entrances—its whole design and all its regulations^[c] and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.^(F)

¹² “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area^(G) on top of the mountain will be most holy.^(H) Such is the law of the temple.

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45 “‘When you allot the land as an inheritance,^(A) you are to present to the Lord a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits^[a] long and 20,000^[b] cubits^[c] wide; the entire area will be holy.^(B)