Ezekiel 43:18

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.

Ezekiel 43:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 43:18

And he said unto me, son of man, thus saith the Lord God
This is the voice of the Lord continued, speaking out of the house to the prophet; see ( Ezekiel 43:6 ) : these are the ordinances of the altar:
not what go before, concerning the measures of it, but what follow, concerning the sacrifices to be offered on it: in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon,
and sprinkle blood thereon;
this plainly shows that this altar is the altar of burnt offerings; such were to be offered on it, and the blood of them to be sprinkled thereon, as follows; that is, upon the horns, corners, and border of it, ( Ezekiel 43:20 ) .

Ezekiel 43:18 In-Context

16 "Now 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, the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall face the east."

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 2:1
• 2. Exodus 40:29
• 3. Leviticus 1:5, 11; Hebrews 9:21, 22

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch