Ezekiel 43:22-27

22 And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull.
23 When you have finished 1purifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and 2a ram from the flock without blemish.
24 You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests 3shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
25 4For seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided.
26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.[a]
27 And when they have completed these days, then 5from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your 6peace offerings, and 7I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD."

Ezekiel 43:22-27 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.

Cross References 7

  • 1. [See ver. 20 above]
  • 2. [Exodus 29:1]
  • 3. Leviticus 2:13
  • 4. Exodus 29:35, 36; Leviticus 8:33, 35
  • 5. Leviticus 9:1
  • 6. See Leviticus 3:1
  • 7. See Ezekiel 20:40

Footnotes 1

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