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Ezekiel 40 1 On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity--fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem--the LORD took hold of me.
Ezekiel 40 2 In a vision of God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see what appeared to be a city across from me toward the south.
Ezekiel 40 3 As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a measuring tape and a measuring rod.
Ezekiel 40 4 He said to me, "Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen."
Ezekiel 40 5 I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1/2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1/2 feet thick and 10 1/2 feet high.
Ezekiel 40 6 Then he went over to the gateway that goes through the eastern wall. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1/2 feet deep.
Ezekiel 40 7 There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1/2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3/4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway's inner threshold, which led to the foyer at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1/2 feet deep.
Ezekiel 40 8 He also measured the foyer of the gateway
Ezekiel 40 9 and found it to be 14 feet deep, with supporting columns 3 1/2 feet thick. This foyer was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.
Ezekiel 40 10 There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.
Ezekiel 40 11 The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1/2 feet wide at the opening and 22 3/4 feet wide in the gateway passage.
Ezekiel 40 12 In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1/2 feet square.
Ezekiel 40 13 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3/4 feet.
Ezekiel 40 14 He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the gateway's foyer; this distance was 105 feet.
Ezekiel 40 15 The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet from one end to the other.
Ezekiel 40 16 There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the foyer structure. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.
Ezekiel 40 17 Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.
Ezekiel 40 18 This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement.
Ezekiel 40 19 Then the man measured across the Temple's outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.
Ezekiel 40 20 There was a gateway on the north just like the one on the east, and the man measured it.
Ezekiel 40 21 Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and a foyer. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Ezekiel 40 22 The windows, the foyer, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the foyer was at the inner end of the gateway passage.
Ezekiel 40 23 Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple's inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
Ezekiel 40 24 Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and he found they were exactly the same as in the others.
Ezekiel 40 25 It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was a foyer where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Ezekiel 40 26 This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and there were palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.
Ezekiel 40 27 And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
Ezekiel 40 28 Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it and found that it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
Ezekiel 40 29 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and foyer were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the foyer structure. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
Ezekiel 40 30 (The foyers of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 8 3/4 feet deep and 43 3/4 feet wide.)
Ezekiel 40 31 The foyer of the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Ezekiel 40 32 Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it and found that it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
Ezekiel 40 33 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and foyer were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the foyer structure. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
Ezekiel 40 34 Its foyer faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Ezekiel 40 35 Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it and found that it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
Ezekiel 40 36 The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and foyer of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
Ezekiel 40 37 Its foyer faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Ezekiel 40 38 A door led from the foyer of the inner gateway on the north side into a side room where the meat for sacrifices was washed before being taken to the altar.
Ezekiel 40 39 On each side of this foyer were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
Ezekiel 40 40 Outside the foyer, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, there were two more tables.
Ezekiel 40 41 So there were eight tables in all, four inside and four outside, where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared.
Ezekiel 40 42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1/2 inches square and 21 inches high. On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements and the sacrificial animals.
Ezekiel 40 43 There were hooks, each three inches long, fastened to the foyer walls and set on the tables where the sacrificial meat was to be laid.
Ezekiel 40 44 Inside the inner courtyard there were two one-room buildings for the singers, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north.
Ezekiel 40 45 And the man said to me, "The building beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.
Ezekiel 40 46 The building beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar--the descendants of Zadok--for they alone of all the Levites may approach the LORD to minister to him."
Ezekiel 40 47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard and found it to be 175 feet square. The altar stood there in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
Ezekiel 40 48 Then he brought me to the foyer of the Temple. He measured its supporting columns and found them to be 8 3/4 feet square. The entrance was 24 1/2 feet wide with walls 5 1/4 feet thick.
Ezekiel 40 49 The depth of the foyer was 35 feet and the width was 19 1/4 feet. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.
Ezekiel 41 1 After that, the man brought me into the Holy Place, the large main room of the Temple, and he measured the columns that framed its doorway. They were 10 1/2 feet square.
Ezekiel 41 2 The entrance was 17 1/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side were 8 3/4 feet wide. The Holy Place itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.
Ezekiel 41 3 Then he went into the inner room at the end of the Holy Place. He measured the columns at the entrance and found them to be 3 1/2 feet thick. The entrance was 10 1/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance extended 12 1/4 feet to the corners of the inner room.
Ezekiel 41 4 The inner room was 35 feet square. "This," he told me, "is the Most Holy Place."
Ezekiel 41 5 Then he measured the wall of the Temple and found that it was 10 1/2 feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet wide.
Ezekiel 41 6 These rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these rooms rested on ledges in the Temple wall, but the supports did not extend into the wall.
Ezekiel 41 7 Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.
Ezekiel 41 8 I noticed that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10 1/2 feet high.
Ezekiel 41 9 The outer wall of the Temple's side rooms was 8 3/4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms
Ezekiel 41 10 and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area measured 35 feet in width, and it went all the way around the Temple.
Ezekiel 41 11 Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8 3/4 feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.
Ezekiel 41 12 A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 1/2 feet wide and 157 1/2 feet long, and its walls were 8 3/4 feet thick.
Ezekiel 41 13 Then the man measured the Temple, and he found it to be 175 feet long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.
Ezekiel 41 14 The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.
Ezekiel 41 15 The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The Holy Place, the Most Holy Place, and the foyer of the Temple were all paneled with wood,
Ezekiel 41 16 as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
Ezekiel 41 17 The space above the door leading into the Most Holy Place was also paneled.
Ezekiel 41 18 All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a palm tree carving between each of the cherubim.
Ezekiel 41 19 One face--that of a man--looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face--that of a young lion--looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple,
Ezekiel 41 20 from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the Holy Place.
Ezekiel 41 21 There were square columns at the entrance to the Holy Place, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar.
Ezekiel 41 22 There was an altar made of wood, 3 1/2 feet square and 5 1/4 feet high. Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. "This," the man told me, "is the table that stands in the LORD's presence."
Ezekiel 41 23 Both the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,
Ezekiel 41 24 each with two swinging doors.
Ezekiel 41 25 The doors leading into the Holy Place were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees just as on the walls. And there was a wooden canopy over the front of the Temple's foyer.
Ezekiel 41 26 On both sides of the foyer there were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees.
Ezekiel 42 1 Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
Ezekiel 42 2 This group of structures, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 87 1/2 feet wide.
Ezekiel 42 3 One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other.
Ezekiel 42 4 Between the two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 17 1/2 feet wide. It extended the entire 175 feet of the complex, and all the doors faced toward the north.
Ezekiel 42 5 Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.
Ezekiel 42 6 Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.
Ezekiel 42 7 There was an outer wall that separated the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 87 1/2 feet long.
Ezekiel 42 8 This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87 1/2 feet, while the inner block--the rooms toward the Temple--extended for 175 feet.
Ezekiel 42 9 There was an entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms from the east.
Ezekiel 42 10 On the south side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.
Ezekiel 42 11 There was a walkway between the two blocks of rooms just like the complex on the north side of the Temple. This complex of rooms was the same length and width as the other one, and it had the same entrances and doors. The dimensions of each were identical.
Ezekiel 42 12 So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.
Ezekiel 42 13 Then the man told me, "These rooms that overlook the Temple from the north and south are holy. It is there that the priests who offer sacrifices to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. And they will use these rooms to store the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings because these rooms are holy.
Ezekiel 42 14 When the priests leave the Holy Place, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public."
Ezekiel 42 15 When the man had finished taking these measurements, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire Temple area.
Ezekiel 42 16 He measured the east side; it was 875 feet long.
Ezekiel 42 17 He also measured the north side and got the same measurement.
Ezekiel 42 18 The south side was the same length,
Ezekiel 42 19 and so was the west side.
Ezekiel 42 20 So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate the holy places from the common.
Ezekiel 43 1 After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway.
Ezekiel 43 2 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.
Ezekiel 43 3 This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. And I fell down before him with my face in the dust.
Ezekiel 43 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.
Ezekiel 43 5 Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple.
Ezekiel 43 6 And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple. (The man who had been measuring was still standing beside me.)
Ezekiel 43 7 And 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 remain here forever, living 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 raising monuments in honor of their dead kings.
Ezekiel 43 8 They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such wickedness, so I consumed them in my anger.
Ezekiel 43 9 Now let them put away their idols and the sacred pillars erected to honor their kings, and I will live among them forever.
Ezekiel 43 10 "Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you. Tell them its appearance and its plan so they will be ashamed of all their sins.
Ezekiel 43 11 And if they are ashamed of what they have done, describe to them all the specifications of its construction--including its entrances and doors--and everything else about it. Write down all these specifications and directions as they watch so they will be sure to remember them.
Ezekiel 43 12 And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the hill where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the primary law of the Temple.
Ezekiel 43 13 "These are the measurements of the altar: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches wide and 21 inches deep, with a curb 9 inches wide around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
Ezekiel 43 14 From the gutter the altar rises 3 1/2 feet to a ledge that surrounds the altar; this lower ledge is 21 inches wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet to the upper ledge; this upper ledge is also 21 inches wide.
Ezekiel 43 15 The top of the altar, the hearth, rises still 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.
Ezekiel 43 16 The top of the altar is square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet.
Ezekiel 43 17 The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24 1/2 feet on each side, with a 21-inch gutter and a 10 1/2-inch curb all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar."
Ezekiel 43 18 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.
Ezekiel 43 19 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.
Ezekiel 43 20 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.
Ezekiel 43 21 Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.
Ezekiel 43 22 "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.
Ezekiel 43 23 When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.
Ezekiel 43 24 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.
Ezekiel 43 25 "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.
Ezekiel 43 26 Do this each day for seven days to cleanse and make atonement for the altar, thus setting it apart for holy use.
Ezekiel 43 27 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, says the Sovereign LORD."
Ezekiel 44 1 Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall, but it was closed.
Ezekiel 44 2 And the LORD said to me, "This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No man will ever pass through it, for the LORD, the God of Israel, entered here. Thus, it must always remain shut.
Ezekiel 44 3 Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the LORD's presence. But he may come and go only through the gateway's foyer."
Ezekiel 44 4 Then the man brought me through the north gateway to the front of the Temple. I looked and saw that the glory of the LORD filled the Temple of the LORD, and I fell to the ground with my face in the dust.
Ezekiel 44 5 And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, take careful notice; use your eyes and ears. Listen to everything I tell you about the regulations concerning the LORD's Temple. Take careful note of who may be admitted to the Temple and who is to be excluded from it.
Ezekiel 44 6 And give these rebels, the people of Israel, this message from the Sovereign LORD: O people of Israel, enough of your disgusting sins!
Ezekiel 44 7 You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary--people who have no heart for God. In this way, you profaned my Temple even as you offered me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. Thus, in addition to all your other disgusting sins, you have broken my covenant.
Ezekiel 44 8 You have not kept the laws I gave you concerning these sacred rituals, for you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.
Ezekiel 44 9 "So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and do not love the LORD.
Ezekiel 44 10 And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me when Israel strayed away from me to worship idols must bear the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 44 11 They may still be Temple guards and gatemen, and they may still slaughter the animals brought for burnt offerings and be present to help the people.
Ezekiel 44 12 But they encouraged my people to worship other gods, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have raised my hand and taken an oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 44 13 They may not approach me to minister as priests. They may not touch any of my holy things or the holy offerings, for they must bear the shame of all the sins they have committed.
Ezekiel 44 14 They are to serve as the Temple caretakers and are relegated to doing maintenance work and helping the people in a general way.
Ezekiel 44 15 "However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 44 16 They are the ones who will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They are the ones who will fulfill all my requirements.
Ezekiel 44 17 When they enter the gateway to the inner courtyard, they must wear only linen clothing. They must wear no wool while on duty in the inner courtyard or in the Temple itself.
Ezekiel 44 18 They must wear linen turbans and linen undergarments. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire.
Ezekiel 44 19 When they return to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off the clothes they wear while ministering to me. They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not harm the people by transmitting holiness to them through this clothing.
Ezekiel 44 20 "They must neither let their hair grow too long nor shave it off completely. Instead, they must trim it regularly.
Ezekiel 44 21 The priests must never drink wine before entering the inner courtyard.
Ezekiel 44 22 They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.
Ezekiel 44 23 They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.
Ezekiel 44 24 "They will serve as judges to resolve any disagreements among my people. Their decisions must be based on my regulations. And the priests themselves must obey my instructions and laws at all the sacred festivals, and they will see to it that the Sabbath is set apart as a holy day.
Ezekiel 44 25 A priest must never defile himself by being in the presence of a dead person unless it is his father, mother, child, brother, or unmarried sister. In such cases it is permitted.
Ezekiel 44 26 But such a priest can only return to his Temple duties after being ritually cleansed and then waiting for seven days.
Ezekiel 44 27 The first day he returns to work and enters the inner courtyard and the sanctuary, he must offer a sin offering for himself, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 44 28 "As to property, the priests will not have any, for I alone am their inheritance.
Ezekiel 44 29 Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people--the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Whatever anyone sets apart for the LORD will belong to the priests.
Ezekiel 44 30 The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the LORD will go to the priests. The first samples of each grain harvest and the first of your flour must also be given to the priests so the LORD will bless your homes.
Ezekiel 44 31 The priests may never eat meat from any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that dies after being attacked by another animal.
Ezekiel 45 1 "When you divide the land among the tribes of Israel, you must set aside a section of it for the LORD as his holy portion. This piece of land will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide. The entire area will be holy ground.
Ezekiel 45 2 A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet, will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87 1/2 feet wide is to be left empty all around it.
Ezekiel 45 3 Within the larger sacred area, measure out a portion of land 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Within it the sanctuary of the Most Holy Place will be located.
Ezekiel 45 4 This area will be a holy land, set aside for the priests who minister to the LORD in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.
Ezekiel 45 5 The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.
Ezekiel 45 6 "Adjacent to the larger sacred area will be a section of land 8 1/3 miles long and 1 2/3 miles wide. This will be set aside to be a city where anyone in Israel can come and live.
Ezekiel 45 7 "Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince's lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.
Ezekiel 45 8 These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. "My princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.
Ezekiel 45 9 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop all your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land! Stop expelling them from their homes!
Ezekiel 45 10 You must use only honest weights and scales, honest dry volume measures, and honest liquid volume measures.
Ezekiel 45 11 The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a homer.
Ezekiel 45 12 The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel consists of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels are equal to one mina.
Ezekiel 45 13 "This is the tax you must give to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every sixty you harvest,
Ezekiel 45 14 one percent of your olive oil,
Ezekiel 45 15 and one sheep for every two hundred in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 45 16 All the people of Israel must join the prince in bringing their offerings.
Ezekiel 45 17 The prince will be required to provide offerings that are given at the religious festivals, the new moon celebrations, the Sabbath days, and all other similar occasions. He will provide the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings to make reconciliation for the people of Israel.
Ezekiel 45 18 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year, sacrifice a young bull with no physical defects to purify the Temple.
Ezekiel 45 19 The priest will take some of the blood of this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge on the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.
Ezekiel 45 20 Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In that way, you will make atonement for the Temple.
Ezekiel 45 21 "On the fourteenth day of the new year, you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. Only bread without yeast may be eaten during that time.
Ezekiel 45 22 On the day of Passover the prince will provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel.
Ezekiel 45 23 On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the LORD. This daily offering will consist of seven young bulls and seven rams without any defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering.
Ezekiel 45 24 The prince will provide a half bushel of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil with each young bull and ram.
Ezekiel 45 25 "During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn, the prince will provide these same sacrifices for the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain offering, along with the required olive oil.
Ezekiel 46 1 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The east gateway of the inner wall will be closed during the six workdays each week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.
Ezekiel 46 2 The prince will enter the foyer of the gateway from the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost while the priest offers his burnt offering and peace offering. He will worship inside the gateway passage and then go back out the way he came. The gateway will not be closed until evening.
Ezekiel 46 3 The common people will worship the LORD in front of this gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.
Ezekiel 46 4 "Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the LORD a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no physical defects.
Ezekiel 46 5 He will present a grain offering of a half bushel of flour to go with the ram and whatever amount of flour he chooses to go with each lamb. He is to offer one gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of flour.
Ezekiel 46 6 At the new moon celebrations, he will bring one young bull, six lambs, and one ram, all with no physical defects.
Ezekiel 46 7 With the young bull he must bring a half bushel of flour for a grain offering. With the ram he must bring another half bushel of flour. And with each lamb he is to bring whatever amount of flour that he decides to give. With each half bushel of flour he must offer one gallon of olive oil.
Ezekiel 46 8 "The prince must enter the gateway through the foyer, and he must leave the same way he came.
Ezekiel 46 9 But when the people come in through the north gateway to worship the LORD during the religious festivals, they must leave by the south gateway. And those who entered through the south gateway must leave by the north gateway. They must never leave by the same gateway they came in; they must always use the opposite gateway.
Ezekiel 46 10 The prince will enter and leave with the people on these occasions.
Ezekiel 46 11 "So at the special feasts and sacred festivals, the grain offering will be a half bushel of flour with each young bull, another half bushel of flour with each ram, and as much flour as the prince chooses to give with each lamb. One gallon of oil is to be given with each half bushel of flour.
Ezekiel 46 12 Whenever the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the LORD, the east gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened for him to enter, and he will offer his sacrifices just as he does on Sabbath days. Then he will turn and leave the way he entered, and the gateway will be shut behind him.
Ezekiel 46 13 "Each morning a year-old lamb with no physical defects must be sacrificed as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Ezekiel 46 14 With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the LORD--about two and a half quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the flour. This will be a permanent law for you.
Ezekiel 46 15 The lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil must be given as a daily sacrifice every morning without fail.
Ezekiel 46 16 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince gives a gift of land to one of his sons, it will belong to him and his descendants forever.
Ezekiel 46 17 But if he gives a gift of land to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year. At that time the servant will be set free, and the land will return to the prince. Only the gifts given to the prince's sons will be permanent.
Ezekiel 46 18 And the prince may never take anyone's property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property."
Ezekiel 46 19 Then the man brought me through the entrance beside the gateway and led me to the sacred rooms assigned to the priests, which faced toward the north. He showed me a place at the extreme west end of these rooms.
Ezekiel 46 20 He explained, "This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and harming the people by transmitting holiness to them."
Ezekiel 46 21 Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.
Ezekiel 46 22 Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.
Ezekiel 46 23 Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around.
Ezekiel 46 24 The man said to me, "These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people."
Ezekiel 47 1 Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing eastward from beneath the Temple threshold. This stream then passed to the right of the altar on its south side.
Ezekiel 47 2 The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the stream flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.
Ezekiel 47 3 Measuring as he went, he led me along the stream for 1,750 feet and told me to go across. At that point the water was up to my ankles.
Ezekiel 47 4 He measured off another 1,750 feet and told me to go across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist.
Ezekiel 47 5 Then he measured another 1,750 feet, and the river was too deep to cross without swimming.
Ezekiel 47 6 He told me to keep in mind what I had seen; then he led me back along the riverbank.
Ezekiel 47 7 Suddenly, to my surprise, many trees were now growing on both sides of the river!
Ezekiel 47 8 Then he said to me, "This river flows east through the desert into the Jordan Valley, where it enters the Dead Sea. The waters of this stream will heal the salty waters of the Dead Sea and make them fresh and pure.
Ezekiel 47 9 Everything that touches the water of this river will live. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will be healed. Wherever this water flows, everything will live.
Ezekiel 47 10 Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea, fishing all the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim. The shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean!
Ezekiel 47 11 But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will be sources of salt.
Ezekiel 47 12 All kinds of fruit trees will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, without fail! For they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing."
Ezekiel 47 13 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Follow these instructions for dividing the land for the twelve tribes of Israel: The tribe of Joseph will be given two shares of land.
Ezekiel 47 14 Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your inheritance.
Ezekiel 47 15 "The northern border will run from the Mediterranean toward Hethlon, then on through Lebo-hamath to Zedad;
Ezekiel 47 16 then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim, which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran.
Ezekiel 47 17 So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.
Ezekiel 47 18 "The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs southward along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea and as far south as Tamar. This will be the eastern border.
Ezekiel 47 19 "The southern border will go west from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follow the course of the brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean. This will be the southern border.
Ezekiel 47 20 "On the west side the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.
Ezekiel 47 21 "Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel 47 22 Distribute the land as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be just like native-born Israelites to you, and they will receive an inheritance among the tribes.
Ezekiel 47 23 All these immigrants are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Ezekiel 48 1 "Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 2 Asher's territory lies south of Dan's and also extends from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 3 Naphtali's land lies south of Asher's, also extending from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 4 Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 5 South of Manasseh is Ephraim,
Ezekiel 48 6 and then Reuben,
Ezekiel 48 7 and then Judah, all of whose boundaries extend from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 8 "South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8 1/3 miles wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center.
Ezekiel 48 9 "The area set aside for the LORD's Temple will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide.
Ezekiel 48 10 For the priests there will be a strip of land measuring 8 1/3 miles long by 3 1/3 miles wide, with the LORD's Temple at the center.
Ezekiel 48 11 This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who obeyed me and did not go astray when the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites did.
Ezekiel 48 12 It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests' territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.
Ezekiel 48 13 The land allotted to the Levites will be the same size and shape as that belonging to the priests--8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Together these portions of land will measure 8 1/3 miles long by 6 2/3 miles wide.
Ezekiel 48 14 None of this special land will ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy.
Ezekiel 48 15 "An additional strip of land 8 1/3 miles long by 1 2/3 miles wide, south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use--homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center.
Ezekiel 48 16 The city will measure 1 1/2 miles on each side.
Ezekiel 48 17 Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards in every direction.
Ezekiel 48 18 Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3 1/3 miles to the east and 3 1/3 miles to the west along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.
Ezekiel 48 19 Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it.
Ezekiel 48 20 This entire area--including the sacred lands and the city--is a square that measures 8 1/3 miles on each side.
Ezekiel 48 21 "The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8 1/3 miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel.
Ezekiel 48 22 So the prince's land will include everything between the territories allotted to Judah and Benjamin, except for the areas set aside for the sacred lands and the city.
Ezekiel 48 23 "These are the territories allotted to the rest of the tribes. Benjamin's territory lies just south of the prince's lands, and it extends across the entire land of Israel from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 24 South of Benjamin's territory lies that of Simeon, also extending across the land from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 25 Next is the territory of Issachar with the same eastern and western boundaries.
Ezekiel 48 26 Then comes the territory of Zebulun, which also extends across the land from east to west.
Ezekiel 48 27 The territory of Gad is just south of Zebulun with the same borders to the east and west.
Ezekiel 48 28 The southern border of Gad runs from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh and then follows the brook of Egypt to the Mediterranean.
Ezekiel 48 29 These are the allotments that will be set aside for each tribe's inheritance, says the Sovereign LORD.
Ezekiel 48 30 "These will be the exits to the city: On the north wall, which is 1 1/2 miles long,
Ezekiel 48 31 there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi.
Ezekiel 48 32 On the east wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan.
Ezekiel 48 33 The south wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, will have gates named for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Ezekiel 48 34 And on the west wall, also 1 1/2 miles long, the gates will be named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali.
Ezekiel 48 35 "The distance around the entire city will be six miles. And from that day the name of the city will be `The LORD Is There.'"
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