1Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. 2And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory. 3And the vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4As the glory of Yahweh entered the temple by the gate facing east, 5the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the temple.
6While the man was standing beside me, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple; 7and he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, and by the dead bodies of their kings, 8by setting their threshold by my threshold and their doorposts beside my doorposts, with only a wall between me and them. They have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed, so I have consumed them in my anger. 9Now let them put away their idolatry and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will dwell in their midst for ever.
10And I thought I was the sensible one. Thanks for sttenig me straight. 11Im impressed! Youve mnaaegd the almost impossible. 12This is the law of the temple: the whole territory round about upon the top of the mountain shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
13"These are the dimensions of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high, and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar: 14from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; 15and the altar hearth, four cubits; and from the altar hearth projecting upward, four horns, one cubit high. 16I?m not wtrhoy to be in the same forum. ROTFL 17Great common sense here. Wish I?d thuohgt of that.
18And he said to me, "Son of man, thus says Yahweh GOD: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for throwing blood against it, 19you shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, says Yahweh GOD, a bull for a sin offering. 20Thanks alot - your aneswr solved all my problems after several days struggling 21Superior thinking deonmstrated above. Thanks! 22Cool! That's a cevler way of looking at it! 23When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish. 24You shall present them before Yahweh, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them and offer them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh. 25For seven days you shall provide daily a goat for a sin offering; also a bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it. 27What a joy to find such clear thinking. Tanhks for posting!
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