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Ezekiel 43	Ezekiel 43
Ezekiel 43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east.	Ezekiel 43:1 And he took me to the doorway looking to the east:
Ezekiel 43:2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.	Ezekiel 43:2 And there was the glory of the God of Israel coming from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of great waters, and the earth was shining with his glory.
Ezekiel 43:3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to 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.	Ezekiel 43:3 And the vision which I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came for the destruction of the town: and like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.
Ezekiel 43:4 And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.	Ezekiel 43:4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the doorway looking to the east.
Ezekiel 43:5 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.	Ezekiel 43:5 And the spirit, lifting me up, took me into the inner square; and I saw that the house was full of the glory of the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:6 And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house; and a man stood by me.	Ezekiel 43:6 And the voice of one talking to me came to my ears from inside the house; and the man was by my side.
Ezekiel 43:7 And he said unto me, Son of man, [this is] the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, and by the dead bodies of their kings [in] their high places;	Ezekiel 43:7 And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place where the seat of my power is and the resting-place of my feet, where I will be among the children of Israel for ever: and no longer will the people of Israel make my holy name unclean, they or their kings, by their loose ways and by the dead bodies of their kings;
Ezekiel 43:8 in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was [but] the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger.	Ezekiel 43:8 By putting their doorstep by my doorstep, and the pillar of their door by the pillar of my door, with only a wall between me and them; and they have made my holy name unclean by the disgusting things which they have done: so in my wrath I sent destruction on them.
Ezekiel 43:9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.	Ezekiel 43:9 Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.
Ezekiel 43:10 Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.	Ezekiel 43:10 You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image.
Ezekiel 43:11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.	Ezekiel 43:11 And they will be shamed by what they have done; so give them the knowledge of the form of the house and its structure, and the ways out of it and into it, and all its laws and its rules, writing it down for them: so that they may keep all its laws and do them.
Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.	Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, this is the law of the house.
Ezekiel 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.	Ezekiel 43:13 And these are the measures of the altar in cubits: (the cubit being a cubit and a hand's measure;) its hollow base is a cubit high and a cubit wide, and it has an overhanging edge as wide as a hand-stretch all round it:
Ezekiel 43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.	Ezekiel 43:14 And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater shelf it is four cubits high and a cubit wide.
Ezekiel 43:15 And the upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.	Ezekiel 43:15 And the fireplace is four cubits high: and coming up from the fireplace are the horns, a cubit high.
Ezekiel 43:16 And the altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.	Ezekiel 43:16 And the fireplace is twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.
Ezekiel 43:17 And the ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.	Ezekiel 43:17 And the shelf is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, on its four sides; the edge round it is half a cubit; the base of it is a cubit all round, and its steps are facing the east.
Ezekiel 43:18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.	Ezekiel 43:18 And he said to me, Son of man, the Lord God has said, These are the rules for the altar, when they make it, for the offering of burned offerings on it and the draining out of the blood.
Ezekiel 43:19 Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-offering.	Ezekiel 43:19 You are to give to the priests, the Levites of the seed of Zadok, who come near to me, says the Lord God, to do my work, a young ox for a sin-offering.
Ezekiel 43:20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and make atonement for it.	Ezekiel 43:20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns and on the four angles of the shelf and on the edge all round: and you are to make it clean and free from sin.
Ezekiel 43:21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.	Ezekiel 43:21 And you are to take the ox of the sin-offering, and have it burned in the special place ordered for it in the house, outside the holy place.
Ezekiel 43:22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.	Ezekiel 43:22 And on the second day you are to have a he-goat without any mark on it offered for a sin-offering; and they are to make the altar clean as they did with the young ox.
Ezekiel 43:23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.	Ezekiel 43:23 And after you have made it clean, let a young ox without a mark be offered, and a male sheep from the flock without a mark.
Ezekiel 43:24 And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.	Ezekiel 43:24 And you are to take them before the Lord, and the priests will put salt on them, offering them up for a burned offering to the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.	Ezekiel 43:25 Every day for seven days you are to give a goat for a sin-offering: and let them give in addition a young ox and a male sheep from the flock without any mark on them.
Ezekiel 43:26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.	Ezekiel 43:26 For seven days they are to make offerings to take away sin from the altar and to make it clean; so they are to make it holy.
Ezekiel 43:27 And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah.	Ezekiel 43:27 And when these days have come to an end, then on the eighth day and after, the priests will make your burned offerings on the altar and your peace-offerings; and I will take pleasure in you, says the Lord.