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Such is the law of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about <i>shall be</i> most holy. Behold, this <i>is</i> the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/43.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />This <i>is</i> the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop <i>is</i> most holy. Behold, this <i>is</i> the law of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around <i>shall be</i> most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/43.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around <i>shall be</i> most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />This is the law of the house: <i>within</i> its entire boundary, on the top of the mountain all around, <i>shall be</i> most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/43.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the temple: Its entire area all around on the top of the mountain (Mount Moriah) <i>shall be</i> most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/43.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/43.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the temple: all its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/43.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/43.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The temple area on my holy mountain must be kept sacred! This is the most important law about the temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/43.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/43.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is a regulation of the temple: The whole area all the way around the top of the mountain is most holy. Yes, this is a regulation of the temple."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/43.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of the Temple: All the area surrounding it on the top of the mountain is sacred and holy." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/43.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is to be the regulation for the Temple: the entire area on top of the mountain is to be considered wholly consecrated. This is to be the law of the Temple."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/43.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/43.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"This is the law of the house: on the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Look, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain, the whole limit of it around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/43.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/43.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“This is the law of the house. On the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/43.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />This [is] a law of the house: on the top of the mountain, all its border all around [is] most holy; behold, this [is] a law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/43.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> This is a law of the house: on the top of the mountain, all its border all round about is most holy; lo, this is a law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/43.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />This the instruction of the house: Upon the head of the mountain all its bound round about, round about, holy of holies. Behold, this the instruction of the house.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/43.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the house upon the top of the mountain: All its border round about is most holy: this then is the law of the house. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/43.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the house at the summit of the mountain, with all its parts all around. It is the Holy of Holies. Therefore, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/43.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the law for the temple: the entire area on top of the mountain all around will be a most holy place. This is the law for the temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/43.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. This is the law of the temple.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/43.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This is the vision of the house upon the top of the mountain; and all its borders round about are most holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/43.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />This is the appearance of the house on the top of the mountain, and all its borders as they are circling The Holy of Holies<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/43.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/43.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt shew the plan of the house on the top of the mountain: all its limits round about <i>shall be</i> most holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=13104" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/43.htm">The Glory of the LORD Returns to the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>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. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">its surrounding</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: gə·ḇu·lōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">territory</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rōš (N-msc) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">top</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">of the mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-msc) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">will be most holy.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qā·ḏā·šîm (N-mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh- (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Yes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bā·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a></span><br />“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a></span><br />But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-3.htm">Isaiah 6:3</a></span><br />And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Revelation 4:8</a></span><br />And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-11.htm">Exodus 15:11</a></span><br />Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a></span><br />For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-14.htm">Hebrews 12:14</a></span><br />Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a></span><br />For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-18</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” / And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a></span><br />You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-48.htm">Matthew 5:48</a></span><br />Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/99-9.htm">Psalm 99:9</a></span><br />Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:7</a></span><br />For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-5.htm">1 John 1:5-7</a></span><br />And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. / If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">This is the law of the house; On the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.</p><p class="hdg">Upon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Ezekiel 40:2</a></b></br> In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which <i>was</i> as the frame of a city on the south.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Ezekiel 42:20</a></b></br> He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred <i>reeds</i> long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/93-5.htm">Psalm 93:5</a></b></br> Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/42-15.htm">Area</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Border</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-12.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-8.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Law</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-20.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-6.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-8.htm">Space</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Surrounding</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-27.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-11.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">Area</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Border</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-20.htm">Entire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/daniel/2-9.htm">Law</a> <a href="/daniel/2-35.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-1.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-2.htm">Space</a> <a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Surrounding</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-2.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/daniel/4-11.htm">Top</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-6.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 43</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-1.htm">The returning of the glory of God into the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-7.htm">The sin of Israel hindered God's presence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-10.htm">The prophet exhorts them to repentance and observation of the law of the house</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm">The measures</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/43-18.htm">and ordinances of the altar</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/43.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/43.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>This is the law of the temple:</b><br>This phrase introduces a divine ordinance concerning the temple, emphasizing its sacredness and the importance of adhering to God's commands. The temple, central to Israel's worship, symbolizes God's presence among His people. The law here underscores the holiness required in approaching God, reflecting the broader biblical theme of God's holiness (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>).<p><b>All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain:</b><br>The temple is situated on a mountain, likely referring to Mount Zion or the elevated area of Jerusalem. Mountains in biblical literature often signify places of divine revelation and encounter (<a href="/exodus/19-20.htm">Exodus 19:20</a>). The surrounding territory being included highlights the extent of holiness, suggesting that not only the temple but its environs are set apart for God. This mirrors the idea of sacred space found in other parts of Scripture, such as the holy ground around the burning bush (<a href="/exodus/3-5.htm">Exodus 3:5</a>).<p><b>Will be most holy:</b><br>The phrase "most holy" indicates the highest degree of sanctity, reserved for things directly associated with God's presence. This designation is similar to the "Holy of Holies" within the temple, where God's presence dwelt (<a href="/exodus/26-33.htm">Exodus 26:33-34</a>). The entire area being most holy signifies a future time when God's presence will be fully realized and accessible, pointing to eschatological hope and the ultimate fulfillment in the New Jerusalem (<a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2-3</a>).<p><b>Yes, this is the law of the temple:</b><br>The repetition of this phrase serves to reinforce the importance and unchangeable nature of this divine decree. It emphasizes the necessity of maintaining the temple's sanctity, reflecting the broader biblical principle that God's laws are to be upheld with reverence and obedience (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-17.htm">Deuteronomy 6:17</a>). This also foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment of God's law through Jesus Christ, who embodies the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>) and through whom believers become a holy temple in the Lord (<a href="/ephesians/2-21.htm">Ephesians 2:21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel receives visions from God, including the vision of the new temple.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, representing God's presence among His people. In Ezekiel's vision, it symbolizes a future restoration and divine holiness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_mountain.htm">The Mountain</a></b><br>Refers to the elevated location of the temple, emphasizing its sacredness and separation from the profane.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_law_of_the_temple.htm">The Law of the Temple</a></b><br>A divine ordinance emphasizing the holiness required in the worship and service of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/holiness.htm">Holiness</a></b><br>A key theme in Ezekiel, representing the purity and separateness of God and His dwelling place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_as_a_central_theme.htm">Holiness as a Central Theme</a></b><br>The holiness of the temple underscores the importance of purity and reverence in worship. Believers are called to live lives set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_and_worship.htm">God's Presence and Worship</a></b><br>The temple represents God's dwelling among His people. Worship should be approached with awe and respect, acknowledging God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_law_of_the_temple.htm">The Law of the Temple</a></b><br>Just as the temple had specific laws, our lives should be governed by God's principles, reflecting His character in our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_mountain_as_a_symbol_of_elevation.htm">The Mountain as a Symbol of Elevation</a></b><br>The elevated position of the temple signifies the need to elevate our thoughts and actions to align with God's standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/future_hope_and_restoration.htm">Future Hope and Restoration</a></b><br>Ezekiel's vision points to a future restoration and perfect worship, encouraging believers to look forward to the fulfillment of God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_43.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 43</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_fake_news.htm">What is God's Holy Mountain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_ezekiel's_temple.htm">Ezekiel 43:10-11 provides specific temple measurements. Why is there no documented historical or archaeological evidence of a temple built exactly to these specifications?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_judah's_judgment_unique.htm">(Amos 2:4-5) Why does God's judgment on Judah differ from judgments described in other prophetic books?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/43.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">Upon the top of the mountain.--</span>Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/40-2.htm" title="In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.">Ezekiel 40:2</a>. The command to keep and observe everything is closed, as often in similar cases, by a summary statement of the reason: for the whole surroundings of the dwelling-place of the Most High are holy.<p>With <a href="/ezekiel/43-13.htm" title="And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.">Ezekiel 43:13</a> a new part of the vision begins, extending to the close of Ezekiel 46, describing the new ordinances of the sanctuary. This is fitly opened with a description of the altar for the sacrifices, the central act of the ancient worship.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/43.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is the law of the house</span>. In this instance "the house" must not be restricted to the temple proper, consisting of the holy place and the holy of holies, but extended to the whole free space encompassing the outer court, the quadrangular area of three thousand cubits square (<a href="/ezekiel/42-16.htm">Ezekiel 42:16-20</a>); and concerning this house as so defined, the fundamental torah, law, or regulation, is declared to be that of its complete sanctity. Ewald and Smend, as usual, unite with the LXX. in connecting "upon the top of the mountain" with "house;" but expositors generally agree that the clause belong to the words that follow, <span class="cmt_word">Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about;</span> and that the prophet's thought is that the entire territory upon the mountain summit included within the above specified border, and not merely the inner sanctuary, or even that with its chambers and courts, was to be regarded as most holy, or as a <span class="accented">holy of holies</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> was to be consecrated as the innermost <span class="accented">adytum</span> of the tabernacle and temple had been. by the indwelling of Jehovah. Smend notes that "This is the law" is the customary underwriting and superscription of the laws of the priest-code (see <a href="/leviticus/6-9.htm">Leviticus 6:9, 14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7-1.htm">Leviticus 7:1, 37</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Leviticus 11:46</a>; <a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Leviticus 12:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/13-59.htm">Leviticus 13:59</a>; <a href="/leviticus/14-54.htm">Leviticus 14:54</a>; <a href="/leviticus/15-32.htm">Leviticus 15:32</a>); but it need not result from this that the priest. code borrowed this expression from Ezekiel, who employs it only in this verse. The more rational hypothesis is that Ezekiel, himself a priest, made use of this formula, because acquainted with it as already existing in the so-called priest-code. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the temple:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּ֑יִת</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its surrounding</span><br /><span class="heb">סָבִ֤יב ׀</span> <span class="translit">(sā·ḇîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> </span><span class="str2">A circle, neighbour, environs, around</span><br /><br /><span class="word">territory</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּבֻל֞וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḇu·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">top</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹ֣אשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the mountain</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֠הָר</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be most holy.</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Yes,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּה־</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the temple.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּֽיִת׃</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bā·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/43-12.htm">Ezekiel 43:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/43-12.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house: (Ezek. 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