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Ezekiel 43:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He said to me, “Son of man, the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they make it, to offer burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it. "
Ezekiel 43:18
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16 The altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides.
17 The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom shall be a cubit around; and its steps shall look toward the east.”
18 He said to me, “Son of man, the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they make it, to offer burnt offerings on it, and to sprinkle blood on it.
19 You shall give to the Levitical priests who are of the offspring of Zadok, who are near to me, to minister to me,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘a young bull for a sin offering.
20 You shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. You shall cleanse it and make atonement for it that way.
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Ezekiel 43:1
"Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east."
Ezekiel 43:2
"Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory."
Ezekiel 43:3
"It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face."
Ezekiel 43:4
"The LORD’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east."
Ezekiel 43:5
"The Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the LORD’s glory filled the house."
Ezekiel 43:6
"I heard one speaking to me out of the house, and a man stood by me."
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