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Ezekiel 43:16-27 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. And the altar hearth was twelve cubits in length and twelve cubits in width; it was squared on its four sides.

17. And the ledge was fourteen cubits in length with fourteen cubits its width to all four of its sides, and a rim was all around it of one-half cubit. And the gutter for it was a cubit all around, and its steps were facing east.”

18. And he said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘These are the statutes of the altar on the day when it is made, to sacrifice a burnt offering on it and to sprinkle blood on it.

19. And you must give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, the ones coming near me,” declares the Lord Yahweh, “to serve me, a bull, a calf as a sin offering.

20. You must take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, and the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around; thus you must purify it and make atonement for it.

21. And you must take the bull, the sin offering, and you must burn it in the designated place of the temple outside of the holy place.

22. And on the second day you must offer a he-goat without defect as a sin offering, and they must purify the altar like they purified with the bull.

23. When you are finished from purifying, you must offer a bull, a calf, without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect.

24. And you must bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

25. For seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering for the day and a bull, a calf, and a ram from the flock without defect; you must provide them.

26. Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and so they will consecrate it.

27. And they will finish the days, and then on the eighth day and beyond that the priests will offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, and then I will be pleased with you,” declares the Lord Yahweh.

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