Ezekiel 43 NKJV NIV Parallel

◄ Ezekiel 43 ►

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1Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.

1Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,

2And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.

2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.

3It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.

3The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.

4And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

4The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

5The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

6Then I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me.

6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.

7And 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 children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

7He said: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne 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 my holy name--neither they nor their kings--by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death.

8When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

8When 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.

9Now let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

9Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever.

10“Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

10"Son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their sins. Let them consider its perfection,

11And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.

11and 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 and laws. Write these down before them so that they may be faithful to its design and follow all its regulations.

12This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

12"This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.

13“These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:

13"These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits, that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:

14from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.

14From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide. From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.

15The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

15Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

16The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners;

16The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

17the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east.”

17The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit. The steps of the altar face east."

18And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.

18Then he said to me, "Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings and splashing blood against the altar when it is built:

19You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,’ says the Lord GOD.

19You are to give a young bull as a sin offering to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

20‘You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it.

20You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it.

21Then you shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.

21You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

22On the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.

22"On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull.

23When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.

23When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.

24When you offer them before the LORD, the priests shall throw salt on them, and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

24You are to offer them before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

25Every day for seven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering; they shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish.

25"For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.

26Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.

26For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it.

27When these days are over it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will accept you,’ says the Lord GOD.”

27At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Sovereign LORD."

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