Ezekiel 43:1-12

Vision of the Glory of God Filling the Temple

1 Then he led me to the ¹gate, the gate facing toward the east;

2 and behold, the ²glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the ³east. And His ⁴voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth ⁵shone with His glory.

3 And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the ⁶vision which I saw when He came to ⁷destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the ⁸river Chebar; and I ⁹fell on my face.

4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the ¹⁰east.

5 And the ¹¹Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the ¹²glory of the LORD filled the house.

6 Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a ¹³man was standing beside me.

7 He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My ¹⁴throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where * I will ¹⁵dwell 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 ¹⁶corpses of their kings when they die,

8 by 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 ¹⁷defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger.

9 "Now let them ¹⁸put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will ¹⁹dwell among them forever.

10 "As for you, son of man, ²⁰describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ²¹ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the ²²plan.

11 "If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its ²³exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it ²⁴in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and ²⁵do them.

12 "This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the ²⁶mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

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Ezekiel 43:1-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 43

The temple or house of God being measured, the worship of God in it is pointed out and observed in this and the following chapter; and which, though evangelical, is expressed in the language of the Old Testament. An account is given of the glory of the Lord returning to the house, and the way he did, and his taking possession of it, which the prophet was favoured with a view of, Eze 43:1-5, a promise is made of his continuance there, provided his people behaved as they should, Eze 43:6-9, an order is given to the prophet, to show them the form and fashion, the laws, orders, and ordinances of the house to them, to be observed by them, Eze 43:10-12, then follows the measuring of the altar of burnt offerings; which, though measured before in chapter forty, the dimensions are here given, Eze 43:13-17, and the chapter is concluded with directions about the consecration of it, Eze 43:18-27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 26

1. Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 43:4; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 46:1
2. Isaiah 6:3; Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 3:23; Ezekiel 10:18, 19
3. Ezekiel 11:23
4. Ezekiel 1:24; Revelation 1:15; Revelation 14:2
5. Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 10:4; Revelation 18:1
6. Ezekiel 1:4-28
7. Jeremiah 1:10; Ezekiel 9:1, 5; Ezekiel 32:18
8. Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 10:20
9. Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 3:23
10. Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:23; Ezekiel 43:2
11. Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 8:3; Ezekiel 11:1, 24; 2 Corinthians 12:2-4
12. Ezekiel 10:4
13. Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 40:3
14. Psalms 47:8; Ezekiel 1:26
15. Ezekiel 37:26, 28
16. Leviticus 26:30; Ezekiel 6:5, 13
17. Ezekiel 8:3, 16
18. Ezekiel 18:30, 31
19. Ezekiel 37:26-28; Ezekiel 43:7
20. Ezekiel 40:4
21. Ezekiel 16:61, 63; Ezekiel 43:11
22. Ezekiel 28:12
23. Ezekiel 44:5
24. Ezekiel 12:3
25. Ezekiel 11:20; Ezekiel 36:27
26. Ezekiel 40:2

Footnotes 13

[a]. So with some mss and some ancient versions; M.T. "I"
[b]. Or "monuments" as in Ugaritic
[c]. Or "in their high places"
[d]. Or "monuments" as in Ugaritic
[e]. Lit "declare"
[f]. Lit "house"
[g]. Lit "perfection" or "pattern"
[h]. Or "form(s)"
[i]. M.T. repeats "and all its designs" after "statutes"
[j]. Or "form(s)"
[k]. Or "instruction for"
[l]. Lit "border"
[m]. Or "instruction for"