1 A fterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east.

And he causeth me to go to the gate, the gate that is looking eastward.

2 A nd behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory.

And lo, the honour of the God of Israel hath come from the way of the east, and His voice as the noise of many waters, and the earth hath shone from His honour.

3 I t was like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when I came to destroy the city. The visions were like the vision which I saw by the River Chebar; and I fell on my face.

And according to the appearance the appearance that I saw, as the appearance that I saw in my coming in to destroy the city, and the appearances as the appearance that I saw at the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.

4 A nd the glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

And the honour of Jehovah hath come in unto the house, the way of the gate whose face eastward.

5 T he Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

And take me up doth the Spirit, and bringeth me in unto the inner court, and lo, the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house.

6 T hen I heard Him speaking to me from the temple, while a man stood beside me.

And I hear one speaking unto me from the house, and a man hath been standing near me,

7 A nd 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 children of Israel forever. No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their harlotry or with the carcasses of their kings on their high places.

and He saith unto me: `Son of man, the place of My throne, And the place of the soles of My feet, Where I dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel to the age, Defile no more do the house of Israel My holy name, They, and their kings, by their whoredom, And by the carcases of their kings -- their high places.

8 W hen they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

In their putting their threshold with My threshold, And their door-post near My door-post, And the wall between Me and them, And they have defiled My holy name, By their abominations that they have done, And I consume them in Mine anger.

9 N ow let them put their harlotry and the carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever.

Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings -- from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.

10 “ Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

Thou, son of man, Shew the house of Israel the house, And they are ashamed of their iniquities, And they have measured the measurement.

11 A nd if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.

And since they have been ashamed of all that they have done, The form of the house, and its measurement, And its outlets, and its inlets, and all its forms, And all its statutes, even all its forms, And all its laws cause them to know, And write before their eyes, And they observe all its forms, And all its statutes, and have done them.

12 T his is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple. Dimensions of the Altar

This a law of the house: on the top of the mountain, all its border all round about most holy; lo, this a law of the house.

13 “ These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:

`And these measures of the altar by cubits: The cubit a cubit and a handbreadth, and the centre a cubit, and a cubit the breadth; and its border on its edge round about one span, and this the upper part of the altar.

14 f rom the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.

And from the centre of the ground unto the lower border two cubits, and the breadth one cubit, and from the lesser border unto the greater border four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.

15 T he altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.

`And the altar four cubits, and from the altar and upward four horns.

16 T he altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners;

And the altar twelve long by twelve broad, square in its four squares.

17 t he ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east.” Consecrating the Altar

And the border fourteen long by fourteen broad, at its four squares, and the border round about it half a cubit, and the centre to it a cubit round about, and its steps are looking eastward.'

18 A nd He said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord God: ‘These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.

And He saith unto me, `Son of man, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: These statutes of the altar in the day of its being made to cause burnt-offering to go up on it, and to sprinkle on it blood.

19 Y ou shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,’ says the Lord God.

And thou hast given unto the priests, the Levites, who of the seed of Zadok -- who are near unto Me, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, to serve Me -- a calf from the herd, for a sin-offering.

20 ‘ You shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it.

And thou hast taken of its blood, and hast put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of its border, and on the border round about, and hast cleansed it, and purified it.

21 T hen you shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and burn it in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sanctuary.

And thou hast taken the bullock of the sin-offering, and hast burnt it in the appointed place of the house at the outside of the sanctuary.

22 O n the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.

And on the second day thou dost bring near a kid of the goats, a perfect one, for a sin-offering, and they have cleansed the altar, as they cleansed for the bullock.

23 W hen you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.

In thy finishing cleansing, thou dost bring near a calf, a son of the herd, a perfect one, and a ram out of the flock, a perfect one.

24 W hen you offer them before the Lord, the priests shall throw salt on them, and they will offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

And thou hast brought them near before Jehovah, and the priests have cast upon them salt, and have caused them to go up, a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

25 E very day for seven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering; they shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish.

Seven days thou dost prepare a goat for a sin-offering daily, and a bullock, a son of the herd, and a ram out of the flock, perfect ones, do they prepare.

26 S even days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.

Seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.

27 W hen these days are over it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will accept you,’ says the Lord God.”

And the days are completed, and it hath come to pass on the eighth day, and henceforth, the priests prepare on the altar your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, and I have accepted you -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'