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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 43 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/43.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/43-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Ezekiel 43</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/42.htm" title="Ezekiel 42">◄</a> Ezekiel 43 <a href="../ezekiel/44.htm" title="Ezekiel 44">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezekiel/43.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Glory Returns</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Now let them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them forever.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and they will be ashamed<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> of what they have done. Describe to them all the specifications of the Temple—including its entrances and exits—and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.</p><p class="hdg">The Altar</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“These are the measurements of the altar<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> with a curb 9 inches<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> wide around its edge. And this is the height<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> of the altar: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>From the gutter the altar rises 3 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">i</span></a> wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">j</span></a> to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">k</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet by 24 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span> feet,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">l</span></a> with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 <span class="sup">1</span>/<span class="sub">2</span>-inch curb<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">m</span></a> all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>At that time, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who minister before me, are to be given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You will take some of its blood and smear it on the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the upper ledge, and the curb that runs around that ledge. This will cleanse and make atonement for the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“On the second day, sacrifice as a sin offering a young male goat that has no physical defects. Then cleanse and make atonement for the altar again, just as you did with the young bull. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>You are to present them to the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Every day for seven days a male goat, a young bull, and a ram from the flock will be sacrificed as a sin offering. None of these animals may have physical defects of any kind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do this each day for seven days to cleanse and make atonement for the altar, thus setting it apart for holy use. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/43-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>On the eighth day, and on each day afterward, the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and peace offerings of the people. Then I will accept you. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:3 </span><span class="ft">As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">I came.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">kings on their high places.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:11 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">if they are ashamed.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:13a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">measurements of the altar in long cubits, each being a cubit</span><span class="ft"> [18 inches or 45 centimeters] </span><span class="it">and a handbreadth</span><span class="ft"> [3 inches or 8 centimeters] </span><span class="it">in length.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:13b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a cubit</span><span class="ft"> [53 centimeters] </span><span class="it">deep and a cubit wide.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:13c </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1 span</span><span class="ft"> [23 centimeters].</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:13d </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">base.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:14a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">2 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [1.1 meters].</span><br><span class="fn">i</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:14b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">1 cubit</span><span class="ft"> [53 centimeters]; also in 43:14d.</span><br><span class="fn">j</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:14c </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">4 cubits</span><span class="ft"> [2.1 meters]; also in 43:15.</span><br><span class="fn">k</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">12 [cubits]</span><span class="ft"> [6.4 meters] </span><span class="it">long and 12 [cubits] wide.</span><br><span class="fn">l</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:17a </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">14 [cubits]</span><span class="ft"> [7.4 meters] </span><span class="it">long and 14 [cubits] wide.</span><br><span class="fn">m</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">43:17b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a gutter of 1 cubit</span><span class="ft"> [53 centimeters] </span><span class="it">and a curb of </span><span class="supit">1</span><span class="it">/</span><span class="subit">2</span><span class="it"> a cubit</span><span class="ft"> [27 centimeters].</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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