^43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east. ^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 shone with his glory. ^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.

    ^43:4 And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose view is toward the east. ^43:5 And the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

    ^43:6 And I heard speaking to me out of the house and a man stood by me. ^43:7 And he said to 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 sons of Israel everlasting. And the house of Israel will no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places, ^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. Therefore I have consumed them in my anger. ^43:9 Now let them put away their prostitution and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me and I will dwell in the midst of them everlasting.

    ^43:10 You, 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. ^43:11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house and the fashion of it and the exits of it and the entrances of it and all the forms of it and all the ordinances of it and all the forms of it and all the laws of it. And write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form of it and all the ordinances of it and do them.

    ^43:12 This is the law of the house. Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit of it all around will be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

    ^43:13 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth). The bottom will be a cubit and the breadth a cubit and the border of it by the edge of it all around a span. And this will be the base of the altar. ^43:14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower ledge will be two cubits and the breadth one cubit. And from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge will be four cubits and the breadth a cubit. ^43:15 And the upper altar will be four cubits. And from the altar hearth and upward there will be four horns. ^43:16 And the altar hearth will be twelve long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it. ^43:17 And the ledge will be fourteen long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it. And the border about it will be half a cubit and the bottom of it will be a cubit all around. And the steps of it will look toward the east.

    ^43:18 And he said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they will make it, to offer burnt-offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. ^43:19 You will give to the priests the Levites who are of the seed of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me, says the Lord Jehovah, a young bull for a sin-offering. ^43:20 And you will take of the blood of it and put it on the four horns of it and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the border all around. Thus you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. ^43:21 You will also take the bull of the sin-offering and it will be burnt in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary.

    ^43:22 And on the second day you will offer a male-goat without blemish for a sin-offering. And they will cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull. ^43:23 When you have made an end of cleansing it, you will offer a young bull without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish.^43:24 And you will bring them near before Jehovah and the priests will cast salt upon them and they will offer them up for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

    ^43:25 Seven days you will prepare each day a goat for a sin-offering. They will also prepare a young bull and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.^43:26 Seven days they will make atonement for the altar and purify it. So they will consecrate it. ^43:27 And when they have accomplished the days, it will be that upon the eighth day and forward, the priests will make your^* burnt-offerings upon the altar and your^* peace-offerings. And I will accept you^*, says the Lord Jehovah.