Ezekiel 4343EzekielThe new templeGeneva Bible

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1. The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple

2. 1GNVAfterward he brought me to the gate, euen the gate that turneth towarde the East.BSBBSB: Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
3. 2GNVAnd beholde, the glorie of the God of Israel came from out of the East, whose voyce was like a noyse of great waters, and the earth was made light with his glorie.BSBBSB: and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
4. 3GNVAnd the vision which I saw was like the vision, euen as the vision that I sawe when I came to destroy the citie: and the visions were like the vision that I sawe by the riuer Chebar: and I fell vpon my face.BSBBSB: The 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 River Kebar. I fell facedown,
5. 4GNVAnd the glorie of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate, whose prospect is towarde the East.BSBBSB: and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
6. 5GNVSo the Spirite tooke me vp and brought me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house.BSBBSB: Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
7. 6GNVAnd I heard one speaking vnto me out of the house: and there stoode a man by me,BSBBSB: While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
8. 7GNVWhich saide vnto me, Sonne of man, this place is my throne, and the place of the soles of my feete, whereas I will dwell among the children of Israel for euer, and the house of Israel shall no more defile mine holy Name, neither they, nor their Kings by their fornication, nor by the carkeises of their Kings in their high places.BSBBSB: and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
9. 8GNVAlbeit they set their thresholdes by my thresholdes, and their postes by my postes (for there was but a wall betweene me and them) yet haue they defiled mine holy Name with their abominations, that they haue committed: wherfore I haue consumed them in my wrath.BSBBSB: When 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 the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
10. 9GNVNow therefore let them put away their fornication, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I will dwell among them for euer.BSBBSB: Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
11. 10GNVThou sonne of man, shew this House to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their wickednes, and let them measure ye paterne.BSBBSB: As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
12. 11GNVAnd if they be ashamed of all that they haue done, shew them the forme of the House, and ye paterne thereof, and the going out thereof, and the coming in thereof, and the whole fashion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the figures thereof, and all the lawes thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keepe the whole fashion thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.BSBBSB: and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
13. 12GNVThis is the description of the house, It shalbe vpon the toppe of the mount: all the limites thereof round about shalbe most holy. Beholde, this is the description of the house.BSBBSB: This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

14. The Altar of Sacrifice

15. 13GNVAnd these are the measures of the Altar, after the cubites, the cubite is a cubite, and an had breadth, euen the bottome shalbe a cubite, and the breadth a cubite, and the border thereof by the edge thereof rounde about shalbe a spanne: and this shalbe the height of the altar.BSBBSB: These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
16. 14GNVAnd from the bottome which toucheth the ground to the lower piece shalbe two cubites: and the breadth one cubite, and from the litle piece to the great piece shalbe foure cubites, and the breadth one cubite.BSBBSB: The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
17. 15GNVSo the altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar vpward shalbe foure hornes.BSBBSB: The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
18. 16GNVAnd the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, and twelue broade, and fouresquare in the foure corners thereof.BSBBSB: The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
19. 17GNVAnd ye frame shalbe foureteene cubites log, and fourteene broade in the fouresquare corners thereof, and the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, and the bottome therof shalbe a cubite about, and the steps thereof shalbe turned towarde ye East.BSBBSB: The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
20. 18GNVAnd he said vnto me, Sone of man, thus saith ye Lord God, These are ye ordinances of ye altar in the day when they shall make it to offer the burnt offring thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.BSBBSB: Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:
21. 19GNVAnd thou shalt giue to the Priestes, and to the Leuites, that be of the seede of Zadok, which approch vnto me, to minister vnto me, saith the Lord God, a yong bullocke for a sinne offring.BSBBSB: You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
22. 20GNVAnd thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, and on the foure corners of the frame, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou clense it, and reconcile it.BSBBSB: You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
23. 21GNVThou shalt take the bullocke also of the sinne offring, and burne it in the appointed place of the house without the Sanctuarie.BSBBSB: Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
24. 22GNVBut the second day thou shalt offer an hee goat without blemish for a sinne offring, and they shall clense ye altar, as they did clense it with the bullocke.BSBBSB: On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
25. 23GNVWhen thou hast made an ende of clensing it, thou shalt offer a yong bullocke without blemish, and a ram out of the flocke without blemish.BSBBSB: When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
26. 24GNVAnd thou shalt offer them before ye Lord, and the Priestes shall cast salt vpon them, and they shall offer them for a burnt offring vnto ye Lord.BSBBSB: You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
27. 25GNVSeuen dayes shalt thou prepare euery day an hee goate for a sinne offring: they shall also prepare a yong bullocke and a ramme out of the flocke, without blemish.BSBBSB: 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 unblemished.
28. 26GNVThus shall they seuen dayes purifie the altar, and clense it, and consecrate it.BSBBSB: For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
29. 27GNVAnd when these dayes are expired, vpon the eight day and so forth, the Priests shall make your burnt offrings vpon the altar, and your peace offrings, and I will accept you, saith the Lord God.BSBBSB: At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”