Ezekiel 43:11

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Ezekiel 43:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

10 As 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,

11 and 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.

12 This 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.

13 These 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:

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Ezekiel 40:1

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.

Ezekiel 40:2

In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

Ezekiel 40:3

So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

Ezekiel 40:4

“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”

Ezekiel 40:5

And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.

Ezekiel 40:6

Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

Ezekiel 40:7

Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.

Ezekiel 40:8

Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;

Ezekiel 40:9

it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.

Ezekiel 40:10

There were three gate chambers on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the gateposts on either side also had the same measurements.

Ezekiel 40:11

And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.

Ezekiel 40:12

In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.

Ezekiel 40:13

Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.

Ezekiel 40:14

Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.

Ezekiel 40:15

And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.

Ezekiel 40:16

The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a pavement laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

Ezekiel 40:18

which flanked the gateways and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.

Ezekiel 40:19

Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

Ezekiel 40:20

He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

Ezekiel 40:21

Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:22

Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

Ezekiel 40:23

There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:24

Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:25

Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:26

Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.

Ezekiel 40:27

The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:28

Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:29

Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:30

(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)

Ezekiel 40:31

Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.

Ezekiel 40:32

And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

Ezekiel 40:33

Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:34

Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

Ezekiel 40:35

Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,

Ezekiel 40:36

as did its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico. It also had windows all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

Ezekiel 40:37

Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

Ezekiel 40:38

There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.

Ezekiel 40:39

Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.

Ezekiel 40:40

Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

Ezekiel 40:41

So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

Ezekiel 40:42

There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

Ezekiel 44:5

The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:6

Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

Ezekiel 11:20

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

Matthew 28:20

and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

John 13:17

If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.