6. And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
7. And he said unto me,
8. In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
9. Now let them put away their harlotry, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever.
10. You son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
11. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and its plan, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its design, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws: and write it in their sight, that they may keep its whole design, and all its ordinances, and do them.
12. This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole area round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
13. And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth; the base shall be a cubit high, and the width a cubit, and its rim all around its edge shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar.
14. And from the base upon the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge even to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the width one cubit.
15. So the altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and extending upward shall be four horns.
16. And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square in the four corners.
17. And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides; and the rim around it shall be half a cubit wide; and its base shall be a cubit all around; and its steps shall face toward the east.
18. And he said unto me,