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875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy
from what was common.
After this, the man brought me back around to the east gateway. Suddenly,
the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his
coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone
with his glory. This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the
Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down
on the ground. And the glory of the Lord came into the Temple through
the east gateway.
Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard,
and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple. And I heard someone speak
ing to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring
stood beside me. The Lord said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of
my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever
among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy
name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honor
ing the relics of their kings who have died. They put their idol altars right
next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy
name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger. Now let
them stop worshiping other gods and honoring the relics of their kings,
and I will live among them forever.
“Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown
you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan, and
they will be ashamed of what they have done. Describe to them all the
specifications of the Temple—including its entrances and exits—and
everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down
all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to
remember and follow them. And this is the basic law of the Temple: abso
lute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is
holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.
“These are the measurements of the altar: There is a gutter all around the
altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide, with a curb 9 inches wide around
its edge. And this is the height of the altar: From the gutter the altar rises
31/2 feet to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches wide.
From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet to the upper ledge that is also
21 inches wide. The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher,
with a horn rising up from each of the four corners. The top of the altar is
square, measuring 21 feet by 21 feet. The upper ledge also forms a square,
measuring 241/2 feet by 241/2 feet, with a 21-inch gutter and a 101/2-inch
curb all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”
