1 et duxit me ad portam quae respiciebat ad viam orientalem
2 et ecce gloria Dei Israhel ingrediebatur per viam
orientalem
et vox erat ei quasi vox aquarum multarum
et terra splendebat a maiestate eius
3 et vidi visionem secundum speciem quam videram
quando venit ut disperderet civitatem
et species secundum aspectum quem videram iuxta fluvium Chobar
et cecidi super faciem meam
4 et maiestas Domini ingressa est templum
per viam portae quae respiciebat ad orientem
5 et levavit me spiritus
et introduxit me in atrium interius
et ecce repleta erat gloria Domini domus
6 et audivi loquentem ad me de domo
et vir qui stabat iuxta me
7 dixit ad me
fili hominis locus solii mei et locus vestigiorum pedum meorum
ubi habito in medio filiorum Israhel in aeternum
et non polluent ultra domus Israhel nomen sanctum meum
ipsi et reges eorum in fornicationibus suis
et in ruinis regum suorum et in excelsis
8 qui fabricati sunt limen suum iuxta limen meum
et postes suos iuxta postes meos
et murus erat inter me et eos
et polluerunt nomen sanctum meum in abominationibus quas fecerunt
propter quod consumpsi eos in ira mea
9 nunc ergo repellant procul fornicationem suam
et ruinas regum suorum a me
et habitabo in medio eorum semper
10 tu autem fili hominis ostende domui Israhel templum
et confundantur ab iniquitatibus suis et metiantur fabricam
11 et erubescant ex omnibus quae fecerunt
figuram domus et fabricae eius
exitus et introitus et omnem descriptionem eius
et universa praecepta eius cunctumque ordinem eius
et omnes leges eius ostende eis
et scribes in oculis eorum
et custodiant omnes descriptiones eius et praecepta illius
et faciant ea
12 ista est lex domus in summitate montis
omnes fines eius in circuitu sanctum sanctorum est
haec ergo est lex domus
13 istae autem mensurae altaris
in cubito verissimo qui habebat cubitum et palmum
in sinu eius erat cubitus et cubitus in latitudine
et definitio usque ad labium eius
in circuitu palmus unus
haec quoque erat fossa altaris
14 et de sinu terrae usque ad crepidinem novissimam duo cubiti
et latitudo cubiti unius
et a crepidine maiori usque ad crepidinem minorem quattuor cubiti
et latitudo unius cubiti
15 ipse autem arihel quattuor cubitorum
et ab arihel usque sursum cornua quattuor
16 et arihel duodecim cubitorum in longitudine
per duodecim cubitos latitudinis
quadrangulatum aequis lateribus
17 et crepido quattuordecim cubitorum longitudinis
per quattuordecim latitudinis
in quattuor angulis eius
et corona in circuitu eius dimidii cubitus
et sinus eius unius cubiti per circuitum
gradus autem eius versi ad orientem
18 et dixit ad me fili hominis haec dicit Dominus Deus
hii sunt ritus altaris in quacumque die fuerit fabricatum
ut offeratur super illud holocaustum et effundatur sanguis
19 et dabis sacerdotibus Levitis qui sunt de
semine Sadoc
qui accedunt ad me ait Dominus Deus
ut offerant mihi vitulum de armento pro peccato
20 et adsumens de sanguine eius
pones super quattuor cornua eius
et super quattuor angulos crepidinis et super coronam in circuitu
et mundabis illud et expiabis
21 et tolles vitulum qui oblatus fuerit pro peccato
et conbures illum in separato loco domus extra
sanctuarium
22 et in die secunda offeres hircum caprarum inmaculatum pro peccato
et expiabunt altare sicut expiaverunt in vitulo
23 cumque conpleveris expians illud
offeres vitulum de armento inmaculatum
et arietem de grege inmaculatum
24 et offeres eos in conspectu Domini
et mittent sacerdotes super eos sal
et offerent eos holocaustum Domino
25 septem diebus facies hircum pro peccato cotidie
et vitulum de armento et arietem de pecoribus inmaculatos offerent
26 septem diebus expiabunt altare
et mundabunt illud et implebunt manum eius
27 expletis autem diebus in die octava et ultra
facient sacerdotes super altare holocausta vestra
et quae pro pace offerunt
et placatus ero vobis ait Dominus Deus
1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. 5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. 6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
7 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. 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: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
10 ¶ Thou son of man, shew 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 be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 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.
13 ¶ And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
18 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it , thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. 24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. 27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.