Ezekiel 43:11

9 Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

10 As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,

and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

12 This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

13 These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
KJV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
WEB
If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, its fashion, its exits, its entrances, its structure, all its ordinances, all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its ordinances, and do them.
ASV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
DARBY
And if they be confounded at all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its goings out, and its comings in, and all its forms, and all its statutes, yea, all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the statutes thereof, and do them.
BLB
And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, the design of the temple, and its arrangement, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its design, and all its statutes, and all its forms, and all its laws, make known to them. And write [it] before their eyes, so that they may keep all its design and all its ordinances, and do them.
ÅB
Og når de skammer seg over alt det de har gjort, da skal du kunngjøre dem husets skikkelse og dets innredning, dets utganger og innganger, hele dets skikkelse og alle forskriftene om det - hele dets skikkelse og alle lovene om det, og skriv det opp for deres øyne, sa de må akte på hele dets skikkelse og alle forskriftene om det og gjøre etter dem.
OTB
Hvis de skammer seg over alt de har gjort, gjør dem kjent med tempelets utforming—dets layout, dets utganger og innganger, hele dets utforming, alle dets forskrifter og lover. Skriv disse ned i deres nærvær, så de kan følge hele dets utforming og følge alle dets forskrifter.
B1930
Og når de skammer sig over alt det de har gjort, da skal du kunngjøre dem husets skikkelse og dets innredning, dets utganger og innganger, hele dets skikkelse og alle forskriftene om det - hele dets skikkelse og alle lovene om det, og skriv det op for deres øine, sa de må akte på hele dets skikkelse og alle forskriftene om det og gjøre efter dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 11:20

    so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

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  • Ezekiel 36:27

    And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

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  • Matthew 28:20

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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  • Ezekiel 40:1–42

    In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.

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  • John 13:17

    If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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  • Ezekiel 44:5–6

    The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

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  • Hebrews 8:5

    The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:2

    Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

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