Beginning

43 Afterward, he brought me to the gate, the gate that turns toward the East.

² And behold, the Glory of the God of Israel came from out of the East, Whose Voice was like a noise of great waters. And the Earth was lit up with His Glory.

³ And the vision which I saw was like the vision, as the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river, Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

⁴ And the Glory of the LORD came into the House, by the way of the gate which was facing toward the East.

⁵ So the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court. And behold, the Glory of the LORD filled the House.

⁶ And I heard one speaking to me out of the House. And there stood a man beside me,

⁷ who said to me, “Son of man, this place is My throne, and the place of the soles of My Feet, where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever. And the House of Israel shall no longer defile My Holy Name, neither they nor their kings, by their fornication, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places

⁸ “when they set their thresholds by My thresholds, and their posts by My posts (for there was only a wall between Me and them). Still, they have defiled My Holy Name with their abominations that they have committed. Therefore, I have consumed them in My wrath.

⁹ “Now, let them put away their fornication and the carcasses of their kings far from Me. And I will dwell among them forever.

¹⁰ “You, son of man, show this House to the House of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their wickedness. And let them measure the pattern.

¹¹ “And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the House, and its pattern, and its going out and its coming in, and its whole fashion, and all its Ordinances, and all its figures, and all its Laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may keep its whole fashion, and all its Ordinances, and do them.

¹² “This is the description of the House: It shall be upon the top of the Mount. All its limits all around shall be Most Holy. Behold, this is the description of the House.

¹³ “And these are the measures of the Altar in cubits: A cubit is one cubit and a hand breadth. The bottom shall be a cubit, and the width a cubit. And its border, all around its edge, shall be a span. And this shall be the height of the Altar.

¹⁴ “And from the bottom (the ground) to the lower piece shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit. And from the little piece to the great piece shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit.

¹⁵ “So the altar shall be four cubits, and from the altar upward shall be four horns.

¹⁶ “And the altar shall be twelve cubits long and twelve wide, and foursquare in its four corners.

¹⁷ “And the frame shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide in its foursquare corners. And the border around it shall be half a cubit. And its bottom shall be a cubit around. And its steps shall be turned toward the East.”

¹⁸ And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘These are the Ordinances of the Altar, on the day when they shall make it, to offer the Burnt Offering on it, and to sprinkle blood on it.

¹⁹ ‘And You shall give to the Priests, and to the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach to Me, to minister to Me,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘a young bullock for a Sin Offering.

²⁰ ‘And you shall take of its blood and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the frame, and upon the border all around. Thus you shall cleanse it and reconcile it.

²¹ ‘You shall also take the bullock of the Sin Offering and burn it in the appointed place of the House, outside the Sanctuary.

²² ‘But 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 bullock.

²³ ‘After you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock, without blemish, and a ram from the flock, without blemish.

²⁴ ‘And you shall offer them before the LORD. And the Priests shall cast salt upon them; and they shall offer them for a Burnt Offering to the LORD.

²⁵ ‘You shall prepare a male goat for a Sin Offering every day for seven days. They shall also prepare a young bullock and a ram from the flock, without blemish.

²⁶ ‘Thus shall they purify the Altar for seven days, and cleanse it, and consecrate it.

²⁷ ‘And when these days have expired, upon the eighth day and so forth, the Priests shall make your Burnt Offerings upon the Altar, and your Peace Offerings. And I will accept you,’ says the Lord GOD.”

44 Then He brought me toward the gate of the outer Sanctuary, which turns toward the East. And it was shut.

² Then said the LORD to me, “This gate shall be shut and shall not be opened. And no man shall enter by it, because the Lord GOD of Israel has entered by it; and it shall be shut.

³ “As for the prince: The prince himself shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD. He shall enter by way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.”

⁴ Then He brought me toward the North gate, in front of the House. And when I looked, behold, the Glory of the LORD filled the House of the LORD. And I fell upon my face.

⁵ And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, mark well and behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the Ordinances of the House of the LORD and all its Laws; and mark well every entrance to the House with every exit from the Sanctuary.

⁶ “And you shall say to the rebellious, to the House of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, O House of Israel: “Enough of all your abominations,

⁷ “when you have brought in strangers, who are uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My Sanctuary, to pollute My House when you offer My bread, fat, and blood. And they have broken My Covenant because of all your abominations.

⁸ “For you have not kept the Ordinances of My Holy things. But you yourselves have set others to take charge of My Sanctuary.”

⁹ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “No stranger, either uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into My Sanctuary, out of any stranger among the children of Israel.

¹⁰ “And the Levites who went back from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

¹¹ “Yet, they shall serve in My Sanctuary, and keep the gates of the House, and minister in the House. They shall kill the Burnt Offering and the Sacrifice for the people. And they shall stand before them, to serve them.

¹² “Because they served before their idols, and caused the House of Israel to fall into iniquity, I have therefore lifted up My Hand against them,” says the Lord GOD, “and they shall bear their iniquity.

¹³ “And they shall not come near Me to do the office of the Priest to Me. Nor shall they come near any of My holy things in the Most Holy Place. But they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴ “And I will make them keepers of the watch of the House, for all its service, and for all that shall be done in it.

¹⁵ “But the Priests of the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My Sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me, to serve Me. And they shall stand before Me, to offer Me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord GOD.

¹⁶ “They shall enter into My Sanctuary, and shall come near to My Table, to serve Me. And they shall keep My charge.

¹⁷ “And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. And no wool shall come upon them while they serve in the gates of the inner court, and within.

¹⁸ “They shall have linen turbans upon their heads and shall have linen undergarments upon their loins. They shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.

¹⁹ “But when they go forth into the outer court, to the outer court to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they ministered and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments. For they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

²⁰ “Also, they shall not shave their heads or allow their locks to grow long, but around their heads.

²¹ “Nor shall any Priest drink wine when he enters into the inner court.

²² “Nor shall they take for their wives a widow, or her who is divorced. But they shall take maidens of the seed of the House of Israel, or a widow who has been the widow of a Priest.

²³ “And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and profane and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

²⁴ “And in controversy, they shall stand to judge. And they shall judge it according to My Judgments. And they shall keep My Laws and My Statutes in all My assemblies. And they shall sanctify My Sabbaths.

²⁵ “And they shall not come near any dead person, to defile themselves, except for their father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister who has yet had no husband. In only these may they be defiled.

²⁶ “And when he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for himself.

²⁷ “And when he goes into the Sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the Sanctuary, he shall offer his Sin Offering,” says the Lord GOD.

²⁸ “And the Priesthood shall be their inheritance. I am their inheritance. Therefore, you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.

²⁹ “They shall eat the Meat Offering, and the Sin Offering, and the Trespass Offering. And every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

³⁰ “And the first of all the firstborn, and every oblation, all of every sort of your oblations shall be the Priest’s. You shall also give the Priest the first of your dough, so that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house.

³¹ “The Priests shall not eat of anything that is dead or torn, whether it be bird or beast.”

45 “Moreover, when you shall divide the land for inheritance, you shall offer an oblation to the LORD, a holy portion of the land, twenty-five thousand reeds long and ten thousand wide. This shall be holy within all its borders, all around.

² “Of this, there shall be for the Sanctuary five hundred in length and five hundred in width, all square all around, and fifty cubits all around for its suburbs.

³ “And of this measure shall you measure: the length of twenty-five thousand and the width of ten thousand. And in it shall be the Sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

⁴ “The holy portion of the land shall be the Priest’s, who ministers in the Sanctuary, who comes near to serve the LORD. And it shall be a place for their housing and a holy place for the Sanctuary.

⁵ “And within the twenty-five thousand of length and the ten thousand of width shall the Levites who minister in the House have their possessions for twenty chambers.

⁶ “Also, you shall appoint five thousand wide and twenty-five thousand long as a possession of the city, alongside the oblation of the holy portion. It shall be for the whole House of Israel.

⁷ “And a portion shall be for the prince on one side, and for the oblation of the holy portion on the other side, and for the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the West corner Westward and from the East corner Eastward. And the length shall be the same as one of the portions from the West border to the East border.

⁸ “In this land shall be his possession in Israel. And My princes shall no longer oppress My people. And the rest of the land shall they give to the House of Israel, according to their tribes.”

⁹ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel. Cease all cruelty and oppression and execute judgment and justice. Take away your violence from My people,” says the Lord GOD.

¹⁰ “You shall have just balances and a true ephah and a true bath.

¹¹ “The ephah and the bath shall be equal. A bath shall contain a tenth of an homer, and an ephah a tenth of an homer. Its equality shall be after the homer.

¹² “And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels and twenty-five shekels and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

¹³ “This is the oblation that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah of an homer of wheat. And you shall give a sixth of an ephah of an homer of barley.

¹⁴ “Concerning the Ordinance of the oil, of the bath of oil: you shall offer a tenth of a bath out of the cor (ten baths are an homer, for ten baths fill an homer)

¹⁵ “and one lamb of two hundred sheep, out of the fat pastures of Israel, for a Meat Offering and for a Burnt Offering and for Peace Offerings, to make reconciliation for them,” says the Lord GOD.

¹⁶ “All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.

¹⁷ “And it shall be the prince’s part to give Burnt Offerings and Meat Offerings and Drink Offerings on the solemn Feasts and on the new moons and on the Sabbaths, on all the High Feasts of the House of Israel. He shall prepare the Sin Offering and the Meat Offering and the Burnt Offering and the Peace Offerings, to make reconciliation for the House of Israel.”

¹⁸ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bullock, without blemish, and cleanse the Sanctuary.

¹⁹ “And the Priest shall take from the blood of the Sin Offering and put it upon the posts of the House and upon the four corners of the frame of the Altar and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

²⁰ “And so shall you do on the seventh day of the month, for everyone who has erred, and for him who is deceived. So shall you reconcile the House.

²¹ “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a Feast of seven days. You shall eat unleavened bread.

²² And upon that day shall the prince prepare, for himself and for all the people of the land, a bullock for a Sin Offering.

²³ And on the seven days of the Feast, he shall make a Burnt Offering to the LORD of seven bullocks and seven rams, and also a male goat for a Sin Offering, each without blemish, for seven days.

²⁴ “And he shall prepare a Meat Offering of an ephah for a bullock, an ephah for a ram, and a hin of oil for an ephah.

²⁵ “In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, he shall do the same during the feast, for seven days, according to the Sin Offering, according to the Burnt Offering, and according to the Meat Offering, and according to the oil.