Ezekiel 43:19-23

19 You are to give a young bull as a sin offering[a] to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who come near to minister before me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim, and so purify the altar and make atonement for it.
21 You are to take the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the designated part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
22 “On the second day you are to offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering, and the altar is to be purified as it was purified with the bull.
23 When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without defect.

Ezekiel 43:19-23 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 8

  • 1. S Leviticus 4:3; Ezekiel 45:18-19
  • 2. S 2 Samuel 8:17; S Ezra 7:2; Ezekiel 44:15
  • 3. Numbers 16:40; S Ezekiel 40:46
  • 4. S Leviticus 4:7
  • 5. S ver 17
  • 6. Leviticus 16:19
  • 7. Exodus 29:14; Hebrews 13:11
  • 8. Exodus 29:1; S Leviticus 22:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "purification offering" ; also in verses 21, 22 and 25
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