1 ¶ Then he took me to the gate, which faces toward the east:

2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east: and the sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing water: and the earth shone with his glory.

3 And the vision that I saw was like the vision I had seen when he came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell facedown.

4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple by the gate that was facing toward the east.

5 Then the spirit lifted me up, and took me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

6 And I heard him speaking to me from the temple; and the man stood by me.

7 ¶ And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the stool for my feet, where I will live among the children of Israel for ever, and the house of Israel will no longer defile my holy name, not they, or their kings, by their sexual sins, or by the lifeless images of their kings in their high places.

8 By setting their threshold by my threshold, and their door post by my door post, with only a wall between me and them, they have defiled my holy name by the abominations that they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.

9 Now let them put away their sexual sins, and remove the lifeless images of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell among them for ever.

10 You son of man, show the temple to the house of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their sins: and let them measure the plan.

11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the design of the temple, its arrangements, its doors through which people go in and out, and its complete design, and all its ordinances, and the whole plan of it, and all its regulations: and draw it for them to see, so that they may keep the entire plan of it, with all of its ordinances, and do them.

12 This is the law of the temple; On the top of the mountain the whole area all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

13 ¶ And these are the measurements of the altar in cubits: The length of the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth; the base was a cubit high, and a cubit wide, with a rim around its edge being one span wide: and this was the height of the altar.

14 And from the base on the ground even to the lower ledge was two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lower ledge to the upper ledge was four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

15 And the altar hearth was four cubits high; and from the altar hearth reaching upward were four horns.

16 And the altar hearth was twelve cubits long, and twelve wide, square in its four sides.

17 And the upper edge was fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on all four sides; and the rim around it was half a cubit; and its bottom was a cubit all around; and the stairs to the altar will face toward the east.

18 And he said to me, Son of man, the Lord GOD says; These are the instructions concerning the altar when it has been made ready, to offer burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it.

19 And you will give to the priests the Levites who are descended from Zadok, who approach to me, to minister to me, says the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.

20 And you will take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of the altar, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it: thus you will cleanse and purge it.

21 You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and burn it at the appointed place near the temple, outside the sanctuary.

22 And on the second day you will offer a male goat that has no blemish for a sin offering; and they will cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bullock.

23 When you have finished cleansing it, you will offer a young bull that has no blemish, and a ram out of the flock that has no blemish.

24 And you will offer them before the LORD, and the priests should throw salt on them, and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

25 Every day for seven days they should prepare a goat for a sin offering: and also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, that has no blemish.

26 They will purge the altar and purify it for seven days; and they will consecrate themselves.

27 And when these days are over, on the eighth day, and after that, the priests should offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept them, says the Lord GOD.