Ezekiel 43:13-27

The Altar of Sacrifice

13 "And these are the measurements of the ¹altar by cubits (the ²cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth ): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar.

14 "From the base on the ground to the lower ³ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit.

15 "The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four ⁴horns.

16 "Now the altar hearth shall be twelve * cubits long by twelve * wide, ⁵square 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 ⁶steps shall ⁷face the east."

The Offerings

18 And He said to me, "⁸Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer ⁹burnt offerings on it and to ¹⁰sprinkle blood on it.

19 'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of ¹¹Zadok, who draw ¹²near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a ¹³young bull for a ¹⁴sin offering.

20 'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four ¹⁵horns and on the four corners of the ¹⁶ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall ¹⁷cleanse it and make atonement for it.

21 'You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be ¹⁸burned in the appointed place of the house, outside * the sanctuary.

22 'On the second day you shall offer a ¹⁹male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall ²⁰cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull.

23 'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a ²¹young bull without blemish and a ²²ram without blemish from the flock.

24 'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw ²³salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

25 '²⁴For 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 ²⁵eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your ²⁶peace offerings; and I will ²⁷accept you,' declares the Lord GOD."

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Ezekiel 43:13-27 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 27

1. Exodus 27:1-8; 2 Chronicles 4:1
2. Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 41:8
3. Ezekiel 43:17, 20; Ezekiel 45:19
4. Exodus 27:2; Leviticus 9:9; 1 Kings 1:50; Psalms 118:27
5. Exodus 27:1
6. Exodus 20:26
7. Ezekiel 40:6
8. Ezekiel 2:1
9. Exodus 40:29
10. Leviticus 1:5, 11; Hebrews 9:21, 22
11. 1 Kings 2:35; Ezekiel 40:46; Ezekiel 44:15
12. Numbers 16:5, 40
13. Leviticus 4:3; Ezekiel 43:23; Ezekiel 45:18
14. Ezekiel 45:19; Hebrews 7:27
15. Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 9:9; Ezekiel 43:15
16. Ezekiel 43:14, 17
17. Leviticus 16:19; Ezekiel 43:22, 26
18. Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 4:12; Hebrews 13:11
19. Ezekiel 43:25
20. Ezekiel 43:20, 26
21. Exodus 29:1, 10; Ezekiel 45:18
22. Exodus 29:1
23. Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:19; Mark 9:49, 50; Colossians 4:6
24. Exodus 29:35-37; Leviticus 8:33, 35
25. Leviticus 9:1
26. Leviticus 3:1; Leviticus 17:5
27. Ezekiel 20:40

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "lap"
[b]. Or "back"
[c]. Lit "the"
[d]. Or "ariel" shall
[e]. Or "ariel" shall
[f]. Or "ariel" shall
[g]. Or "be on the east side"
[h]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch
[i]. Lit "fill its hands"
[j]. Lit "make"