| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, | 1Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east; |
| 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. | 2and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone 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 Kebar River, and I fell facedown. | 3And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. |
| 4The glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east. | 4And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east. |
| 5Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. | 5And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. |
| 6While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple. | 6Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me. |
| 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. | 7He 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 among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die, |
| 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. | 8by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And 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 from me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will live among them forever. | 9"Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever. |
| 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, | 10"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan. |
| 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. | 11"If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them. |
| 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. | 12"This 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. |
| 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: | 13"And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar. |
| 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. | 14"From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit. |
| 15Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth. | 15"The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns. |
| 16The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide. | 16"Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. |
| 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." | 17"The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall face the east." |
| 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: | 18And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. |
| 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. | 19'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who draw near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a young bull for a sin offering. |
| 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. | 20'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. |
| 21You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary. | 21You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. |
| 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. | 22On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull. |
| 23When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect. | 23When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock. |
| 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. | 24'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD. |
| 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. | 25'For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared. |
| 26For seven days they are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; thus they will dedicate it. | 26'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it. |
| 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." | 27'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD." |
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