Ezekiel 43:18-27

The Offerings

18 And He said to me, "¹Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ²burnt offerings on it and to ³sprinkle blood on it.

19 'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of ⁴Zadok, who draw ⁵near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a ⁶young bull for a ⁷sin offering.

20 'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ⁸horns and on the four corners of the ⁹ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall ¹⁰cleanse it and make atonement for it.

21 'You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be ¹¹burned in the appointed place of the house, outside * the sanctuary.

22 'On the second day you shall offer a ¹²male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall ¹³cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.

23 'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a ¹⁴young bull without blemish and a ¹⁵ram without blemish from the flock.

24 'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw ¹⁶salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

25 '¹⁷For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared.

26 'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate * it.

27 'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the ¹⁸eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ¹⁹peace offerings; and I will ²⁰accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."

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Ezekiel 43:18-27 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 20

1. Ezekiel 2:1
2. Exodus 40:29
3. Leviticus 1:5, 11; Hebrews 9:21, 22
4. 1 Kings 2:35; Ezekiel 40:46; Ezekiel 44:15
5. Numbers 16:5, 40
6. Leviticus 4:3; Ezekiel 43:23; Ezekiel 45:18
7. Ezekiel 45:19; Hebrews 7:27
8. Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9; Ezekiel 43:15
9. Ezekiel 43:14, 17
10. Leviticus 16:19; Ezekiel 43:22, 26
11. Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:12; Hebrews 13:11
12. Ezekiel 43:25
13. Ezekiel 43:20, 26
14. Exodus 29:1, 10; Ezekiel 45:18
15. Exodus 29:1
16. Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:19; Mark 9:49, 50; Colossians 4:6
17. Exodus 29:35-37; Leviticus 8:33, 35
18. Leviticus 9:1
19. Leviticus 3:1; Leviticus 17:5
20. Ezekiel 20:40

Footnotes 3

[a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[b]. Lit "fill its hands"
[c]. Lit "make"