1 GLT The man then brought me to the gate that opened to the east. BSB BSB: Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
2 GLT Behold! The glory of the God of Israel came from the east; his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory. BSB BSB: 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.
3 GLT It was according to the appearance of the vision that I saw, according to the vision that I saw when he had come to destroy the city, and the visions were like the vision that I saw at the Kebar Canal— and I fell to my face. BSB BSB: 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,
4 GLT So the glory of Yahweh came to the house by way of the gate that opened to the east. BSB BSB: and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
5 GLT Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court. Behold! The glory of Yahweh was filling the house. BSB BSB: Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
6 GLT The man was standing beside me, and I heard someone else speaking to me from the house. BSB BSB: While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
7 GLT 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 live in the midst of the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name— they or their kings— with their faithlessness or with the corpses of their kings at their high places. BSB BSB: 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.
8 GLT They will no longer profane my holy name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their gateposts next to my gateposts, with nothing but a wall between me and them. They profaned my holy name with their disgusting actions, so I consumed them with my anger. BSB BSB: 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.
9 GLT Now let them remove their faithlessness and the corpses of their kings from before me, and I will live in their midst forever. BSB BSB: Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
10 GLT Son of man, you yourself must tell the house of Israel about this house so they will be ashamed of their iniquities. They should think about this description. BSB BSB: 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,
11 GLT For if they are ashamed of all that they have done, then reveal to them the design of the house, its details, its exits, its entrances, and all its designs, all its decrees and rules. Then write this down before their eyes so they will keep to all its design and all its rules, so as to obey them. BSB BSB: 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.
12 GLT This is the regulation for the house: From the peak of the hill to all the surrounding border around it, it will be most holy. Behold! This is the regulation for the house. BSB BSB: 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.
13 GLT These will be the measurements of the altar in cubits— that cubit being a regular cubit and a handbreadth in length. So the gutter around the altar will be a cubit deep, and its width will also be a cubit. The border around its surrounding edge will be one span. This will be the base of the altar. BSB BSB: 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:
14 GLT From the gutter at the ground level up to the lower ledge of the altar is two cubits, and that ledge itself is one cubit in width. Then from the small ledge up to the large edge of the altar, it is four cubits, and the large edge is a cubit in width. BSB BSB: 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.
15 GLT The hearth on the altar for the burnt offerings is four cubits high, and there are four horns pointing upward on the hearth. BSB BSB: The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
16 GLT The hearth is twelve cubits in length and twelve cubits in width, a square. BSB BSB: The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
17 GLT Its border is fourteen cubits in length and fourteen cubits in width on each of its four sides, and its rim is a half cubit in width. The gutter is a cubit in width all around with its steps facing east.” BSB BSB: 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.”
18 GLT Next he said to me,“Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this: These are the regulations for the altar on the day they make it, for raising the burnt offering onto it, and for sprinkling blood on it. BSB BSB: 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:
19 GLT You will give a bull from the cattle as a sin offering for the Levitical priests who are the descendants of Zadok, those who come near to me to serve me— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration. BSB BSB: 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.
20 GLT Then you will take some of its blood and place it on the altar’ s four horns and the four sides of its edge and on the surrounding rim; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. BSB BSB: 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.
21 GLT Then take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside of the sanctuary. BSB BSB: 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.
22 GLT Then on the second day you will offer a male goat without blemish from the goats as a sin offering; the priests will cleanse the altar just as they cleansed it with the bull. BSB BSB: 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.
23 GLT When you finish its cleansing, offer an unblemished bull from the cattle and an unblemished ram from the flock. BSB BSB: When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
24 GLT Offer them before Yahweh; the priests will throw salt onto them and raise them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh. BSB BSB: 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.
25 GLT You must prepare a male goat as a sin offering daily for seven days, and the priests must also prepare an unblemished bull of the cattle and unblemished ram from the flock. BSB BSB: 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.
26 GLT They must atone for the altar for seven days and purify it, and in this way they must consecrate it. BSB BSB: For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
27 GLT They must complete these days, and on the eighth day and onward it will come about that the priests will prepare your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar, and I will accept you— this is the Lord Yahweh’ s declaration.” BSB BSB: 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.’”
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