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Ezekiel 43:11Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 42:15Ezek 44:1Ezek 40:6Ezek 46:1Ezek 10:19Ezek 43:4
Ezekiel 43:22I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water, and the earth radiated his glory.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 18:1Ezek 11:23Isa 6:3Ezek 10:18-19Rev 1:15Rev 14:2Ezek 1:28Ezek 10:4Ezek 1:24Ezek 3:23
Ezekiel 43:33It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 9:1Ezek 9:5Ezek 1:3-28Ezek 3:23Ezek 32:18Jer 1:10Ezek 10:1-22Ezek 11:22-23Ezek 8:4Ezek 9:3
Ezekiel 43:44The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 10:18-19Ezek 44:2Ezek 43:2
Ezekiel 43:55Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the Lord filling the temple.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:2-41 Kgs 8:10-11Ezek 11:24Ezek 8:3Acts 8:39Ezek 3:12-14Ezek 37:1Ezek 44:41 Kgs 18:122 Chr 5:14
Ezekiel 43:66I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 40:3Isa 66:6Lev 1:1Rev 16:1
Ezekiel 43:77He said to me: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:9Ps 47:8Lev 26:301 Chr 28:2Ezek 1:26Ezek 20:39Ps 99:1Rev 22:32 Cor 6:16Acts 7:48-49
Ezekiel 43:88When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 5:112 Chr 33:42 Chr 33:7Ezek 23:39Ezek 44:7Ezek 8:3-162 Kgs 21:4-72 Kgs 16:14-152 Kgs 23:11-12
Ezekiel 43:99Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:7Col 3:5-9Ezek 18:30-31Ezek 37:26-282 Cor 6:16Ezek 37:23Hos 2:2
Ezekiel 43:1010“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 40:4Ezek 16:61Ezek 16:63Ezek 43:111 Chr 28:111 Chr 28:19Exod 25:40Ezek 23:31-32Rom 6:21
Ezekiel 43:1111When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design—all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 11:20Ezek 36:271 Cor 11:2Ezek 12:3Ezek 40:1-42Ezek 44:5-6Heb 8:5John 13:17Matt 28:20
Ezekiel 43:1212“This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 40:2Rev 21:27Ezek 42:20Joel 3:17Ps 93:5Zech 14:20-21
Ezekiel 43:1313“And these are the measurements of the altar: Its base is 1¾ feet high and 1¾ feet wide, and its border nine inches on its edge. This is to be the height of the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 4:1Exod 27:1-8Ezek 40:5Ezek 41:8
Ezekiel 43:1414From the base of the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, 7 feet, and the width 1¾ feet;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Ezekiel 43:1515and the altar hearth, 7 feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 27:2Lev 9:9Ps 118:271 Kgs 2:28Isa 29:1-2Isa 29:7
Ezekiel 43:1616Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, 21 feet long and 21 feet wide.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 27:12 Chr 4:1Exod 38:1-2Ezra 3:3
Ezekiel 43:1717The ledge is 24½ feet long and 24½ feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10½ inches, and its surrounding base 1¾ feet. Its steps face east.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:26Ezek 40:61 Kgs 18:321 Kgs 6:8Exod 25:25Exod 30:3Ezek 8:16Neh 9:4
Ezekiel 43:1818Then he said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 40:29Ezek 2:1Ezek 45:18-19Heb 10:4-12Heb 12:24Heb 9:13Heb 9:21-22Lev 1:5-17Lev 16:19Lev 8:18-21
Ezekiel 43:1919you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the Sovereign Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 40:46Ezek 44:15Ezek 45:18-19Num 16:401 Kgs 2:35Heb 7:27Num 16:51 Kgs 2:271 Pet 2:51 Pet 2:9
Ezekiel 43:2020You will take some of its blood and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will purify it and make atonement for it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 16:19Lev 8:15Exod 29:12Exod 29:36Ezek 43:22Ezek 43:26Lev 9:9Ezek 43:15-17Heb 9:21-23Lev 4:25
Ezekiel 43:2121You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:14Lev 4:12Heb 13:11-12Lev 8:17
Ezekiel 43:2222“On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:20Ezek 43:25-261 Pet 1:19Exod 29:15-18Isa 53:10Isa 53:6Lev 8:18-21
Ezekiel 43:2323When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:1
Ezekiel 43:2424You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 2:13Mark 9:49-50Col 4:6Num 18:192 Chr 13:5Matt 5:13
Ezekiel 43:2525“For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:33Exod 29:35-37Lev 8:35
Ezekiel 43:2626For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:24Exod 32:29Lev 8:34
Ezekiel 43:2727When the prescribed period is over, on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; I will accept you, declares the Sovereign Lord.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 9:11 Pet 2:5Col 1:20-21Eph 1:6Ezek 20:40-41Heb 13:15Hos 8:13Job 42:8Lev 17:5Lev 3:1
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