Ezekiel 43:18-27

New English Translation

¹⁸ Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,^{[a] 19} you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the Sovereign Lord. ²⁰ You will take some of its blood and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will purify it and make atonement for it.^{[b] 21} You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.

²² “On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull. ²³ When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. ²⁴ You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them^[c] and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

²⁵ “For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided. ²⁶ For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.^{[d] 27} When the prescribed period is over,^[e] on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings;^[f] I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord.”