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Afterward he brought[H3212] me to the gate[H8179], even the gate[H8179] that looketh[H6437]toward[H1870] the east[H6921]:
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And, behold, the glory[H3519] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]came[H935] from the way[H1870] of the east[H6921]: and his voice[H6963] was like a noise[H6963] of many[H7227]waters[H4325]: and the earth[H776]shined[H215] with his glory[H3519].
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And it was according to the appearance[H4758] of the vision[H4758] which I saw[H7200], even according to the vision[H4758] that I saw[H7200] when I came[H935] to destroy[H7843] the city[H5892]: and the visions[H4759] were like the vision[H4758] that I saw[H7200] by the river[H5104]Chebar[H3529]; and I fell[H5307] upon my face[H6440].
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And the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] into the house[H1004] by the way[H1870] of the gate[H8179] whose prospect[H6440] is toward[H1870] the east[H6921].
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So the spirit[H7307] took me up[H5375], and brought[H935] me into the inner[H6442]court[H2691]; and, behold, the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068]filled[H4390] the house[H1004].
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And I heard[H8085] him speaking[H1696] unto me[H681] out of the house[H1004]; and the man[H376]stood[H5975] by me[H681].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], the place[H4725] of my throne[H3678], and the place[H4725] of the soles[H3709] of my feet[H7272], where I will dwell[H7931] in the midst[H8432] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] for ever[H5769], and my holy[H6944]name[H8034], shall the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] no more defile[H2930], neither they, nor their kings[H4428], by their whoredom[H2184], nor by the carcases[H6297] of their kings[H4428] in their high places[H1116].
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In their setting[H5414] of their threshold[H5592]by[H681] my thresholds[H5592], and their post[H4201]by[H681] my posts[H4201], and the wall[H7023] between me and them, they have even defiled[H2930] my holy[H6944]name[H8034]by[H681] their abominations[H8441] that they have committed[H6213]: wherefore I have consumed[H3615] them in mine anger[H639].
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Now let them put away[H7368] their whoredom[H2184], and the carcases[H6297] of their kings[H4428], far[H7368] from me, and I will dwell[H7931] in the midst[H8432] of them for ever[H5769].
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Thou son[H1121] of man[H120], shew[H5046] the house[H1004] to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], that they may be ashamed[H3637] of their iniquities[H5771]: and let them measure[H4058] the pattern[H8508].
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And if they be ashamed[H3637] of all that they have done[H6213], shew[H3045] them the form[H6699] of the house[H1004], and the fashion[H8498] thereof, and the goings out[H4161] thereof, and the comings[H4126] in thereof, and all the forms[H6699] thereof, and all the ordinances[H2708] thereof, and all the forms[H6699] thereof, and all the laws[H8451] thereof: and write[H3789] it in their sight[H5869], that they may keep[H8104] the whole form[H6699] thereof, and all the ordinances[H2708] thereof, and do[H6213] them.
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This is the law[H8451] of the house[H1004]; Upon the top[H7218] of the mountain[H2022] the whole limit[H1366] thereof round about[H5439] shall be most[H6944]holy[H6944]. Behold, this is the law[H8451] of the house[H1004].
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And these are the measures[H4060] of the altar[H4196] after the cubits[H520]: The cubit[H520] is a[H259]cubit[H520] and an hand breadth[H2948]; even the bottom[H2436] shall be a[H259]cubit[H520], and the breadth[H7341]a[H259]cubit[H520], and the border[H1366] thereof by the edge[H8193] thereof round about[H5439] shall be a[H259]span[H2239]: and this shall be the higher place[H1354] of the altar[H4196].
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And from the bottom[H2436] upon the ground[H776] even to the lower[H8481]settle[H5835] shall be two[H8147]cubits[H520], and the breadth[H7341]one[H259]cubit[H520]; and from the lesser[H6996]settle[H5835] even to the greater[H1419]settle[H5835] shall be four[H702]cubits[H520], and the breadth[H7341]one[H259]cubit[H520].
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So the altar[H741] shall be four[H702]cubits[H520]; and from the altar[H2025] and upward[H4605] shall be four[H702]horns[H7161].
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And the altar[H741] shall be twelve[H8147] cubits long[H753], twelve[H6240]broad[H7341], square[H7251] in the four[H702]squares[H7253] thereof.
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And the settle[H5835] shall be fourteen[H702] cubits long[H753] and fourteen[H6240]broad[H7341] in the four[H702]squares[H7253] thereof; and the border[H1366]about[H5439] it shall be half[H2677] a cubit[H520]; and the bottom[H2436] thereof shall be a cubit[H520]about[H5439]; and his stairs[H4609] shall look[H6437] toward the east[H6921].
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And he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; These are the ordinances[H2708] of the altar[H4196] in the day[H3117] when they shall make[H6213] it, to offer[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] thereon, and to sprinkle[H2236]blood[H1818] thereon.
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And thou shalt give[H5414] to the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881] that be of the seed[H2233] of Zadok[H6659], which approach[H7138] unto me, to minister[H8334] unto me, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], a young[H1121]bullock[H6499] for a sin offering[H2403].
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And thou shalt take[H3947] of the blood[H1818] thereof, and put[H5414] it on the four[H702]horns[H7161] of it, and on the four[H702]corners[H6438] of the settle[H5835], and upon the border[H1366] round about[H5439]: thus shalt thou cleanse[H2398] and purge[H3722] it.
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Thou shalt take[H3947] the bullock[H6499] also of the sin offering[H2403], and he shall burn[H8313] it in the appointed place[H4662] of the house[H1004], without[H2351] the sanctuary[H4720].
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And on the second[H8145]day[H3117] thou shalt offer[H7126] a kid[H8163] of the goats[H5795] without blemish[H8549] for a sin offering[H2403]; and they shall cleanse[H2398] the altar[H4196], as they did cleanse[H2398] it with the bullock[H6499].
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When thou hast made an end[H3615] of cleansing[H2398] it, thou shalt offer[H7126] a young[H1121]bullock[H6499] without blemish[H8549], and a ram[H352] out of the flock[H6629] without blemish[H8549].
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And thou shalt offer[H7126] them before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], and the priests[H3548] shall cast[H7993]salt[H4417] upon them, and they shall offer[H7126] them up[H5927] for a burnt offering[H5930] unto the LORD[H3068].
25Seven[H7651]days[H3117] shalt thou prepare[H6213] every day[H3117] a goat[H8163] for a sin offering[H2403]: they shall also prepare[H6213] a young[H1121]bullock[H6499], and a ram[H352] out of the flock[H6629], without blemish[H8549].
26Seven[H7651]days[H3117] shall they purge[H3722] the altar[H4196] and purify[H2891] it; and they shall consecrate themselves[H4390].
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And when these days[H3117] are expired[H3615], it shall be, that upon the eighth[H8066]day[H3117], and so forward[H1973], the priests[H3548] shall make[H6213] your burnt offerings[H5930] upon the altar[H4196], and your peace offerings[H8002]; and I will accept[H7521] you, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].