| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east, | 1Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, |
| 2and 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. | 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. |
| 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 River Kebar. I fell facedown, | 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 entered the temple through the gate facing east. | 4The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east. |
| 5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and 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. |
| 6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple, | 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 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. | 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 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. | 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 remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever. | 9Now let them put away from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever. |
| 10As 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, | 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 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. | 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: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, 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. |
| 13These 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: | 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: |
| 14The 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. | 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 shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth. | 15Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth. |
| 16The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. | 16The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. |
| 17The 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.” | 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." |
| 18Then 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 sprinkled 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 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. | 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. |
| 20You 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. | 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 are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area 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 are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was 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 the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. | 23When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. |
| 24You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them 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. |
| 25For 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. | 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. |
| 26For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it. | 26For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. |
| 27At 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.’ ” | 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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