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Ezekiel 43:12

God's holiness

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,

11 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.

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:

14 The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

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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
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.
KJV
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
WEB
“This is the law of the house. On the top of the mountain the whole limit around it shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
ASV
This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
DARBY
This is the law of the house: Upon the top of the mountain all its border round about is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
BLB
This [is] the law of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all its border round about, [is] the holy of holies. Behold, this [is] the law of the temple.
ÅB
Dette er loven om huset: På toppen av fjellet skal hele dets område rundt omkring være høyhellig. Se, dette er loven om huset.
OTB
Dette er loven om tempelet: hele området på toppen av fjellet rundt omkring skal være høyhellig. Se, dette er loven om tempelet.
B1930
Dette er loven om huset: På toppen av fjellet skal hele dets område rundt omkring være høihellig. Se, dette er loven om huset.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 40:2

    In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

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  • Revelation 21:27

    But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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  • Psalms 93:5

    Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

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  • Ezekiel 42:20

    So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.

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  • Joel 3:17

    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

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  • Zechariah 14:20–21

    On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.

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