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19 41 Then the angel said, “I am Ga bri el! I stand in the very presence of Eliz a beth. At the sound of Mary’s greeting, Eliz a beth’s child leaped 20 God. It was he who sent me to bring you this good news! But now, within her, and Eliz a beth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 since you didn’t believe what I said, you will be silent and unable to Eliza beth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, “God has blessed 43 speak until the child is born. For my words will certainly be fulfilled you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so hon‑ 44 at the proper time.” ored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard 21 45 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zech a ri ah to come out your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed START 22 of the sanctuary, wondering why he was taking so long. When he because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” HERE finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized Unlock the from his gestures and his silence that he must have seen a vision in The Magnificat: Mary’s Song of Praise 46 Filament app the sanctuary. Mary responded, by scanning 23 When Zech a riah ’s week of service in the Temple was over, he page number 24 returned home. Soon afterward his wife, Eliz a beth, became preg­ “Oh, how my soul praises the Lord. 1654 below. 25 47 nant and went into seclusion for five months. “How kind the Lord How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no 48 For he took notice of his lowly servant girl, children.” and from now on all generations will call me blessed. The Birth of Jesus Foretold 49 For the Mighty One is holy, 26 In the sixth month of Eliz a beth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Ga­ and he has done great things for me. 27 50 bri el to Naz a reth, a village in Gali lee, to a virgin named Mary. She He shows mercy from generation to generation was engaged to be married to a man named Jo seph, a descendant of to all who fear him. 28 51 King Da vid. Ga bri el appeared to her and said, “Greetings,* favored His mighty arm has done tremendous things! 1654 woman! The Lord is with you!*” He has scattered the proud and haughty ones. 1655 29 52 Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel He has brought down princes from their thrones 30 could mean. “Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you and exalted the humble. 31 53 have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a He has filled the hungry with good things 32 son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will and sent the rich away with empty hands. be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the 54 He has helped his servant 33 throne of his ancestor Da vid. And he will reign over Isra el* forever; and remembered to be merciful. his Kingdom will never end!” 55 For he made this promise to our ancestors, 34 Mary asked the angel, “But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” to and his children forever.” 35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the 56 power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born Mary stayed with Eliza beth about three months and then went 36 will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God. What’s more, your back to her own home. relative Eliza beth has become pregnant in her old age! People used to say she was barren, but she has conceived a son and is now in her sixth The Birth of John the Baptist 37 57 month. For the word of God will never fail.*” When it was time for Eliz a beth’s baby to be born, she gave birth to a 38 58 Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May every thing you son. And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her. been very merciful to her, every one rejoiced with her. 59 When the baby was eight days old, they all came for the circumci‑ Mary Visits Elizabeth sion ceremony. They wanted to name him Zech a ri ah, after his father. 39 60 A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Ju dea, to the But Eliz a beth said, “No! His name is John!” 40 61 town where Zech a ri ah lived. She entered the house and greeted “What?” they exclaimed. “There is no one in all your fam i ly by 62 that name.” So they used gestures to ask the baby’s father what 1:28a Or Rejoice. 1:28b Some manuscripts add Blessed are you among women. 1:33 Greek over 63 the house of Jacob. 1:37 Some manuscripts read For nothing is impossible with God. he wanted to name him. He motioned for a writing tablet, and to

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28 9 “And you will live in Is ra el, the land I gave your ancestors long Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son 29 ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. I will cleanse of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I Lord says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these 30 will send no more famines on the land. I will give you great harvests dead bodies so they may live again.’ ” 10 from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came 31 nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. Then you will into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet— a remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable great army. 32 11 things you did. But remember, says the Sovereign Lord, I am not Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Is ra el, you should of Is ra el. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones— all hope 12 be utterly ashamed of all you have done! is gone. Our nation is finished.’ Therefore, prophesy to them and 33 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I cleanse you from say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt. your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you 34 13 The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of every- back to the land of Isra el. When this happens, O my people, you will 35 14 one will again be farmed. And when I bring you back, people will know that I am the Lord. I will put my Spirit in you, and you will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The aban- live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know doned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the 36 people!’ Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that Lord has spoken!’ ” I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say. Reunion of Israel and Judah 37 15 16 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Is ra el’s Again a message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, take a 38 prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock. They will be as piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and 1400 numerous as the sacred flocks that fill ruJe sa lem’s streets at the time its allied tribes.’ Then take another piece and carve these words on it: 1401 17 of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once ‘This represents Ephra im and the northern tribes of Is ra el.’* Now more, and every one will know that I am the Lord.” hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood. 18 19 When your people ask you what your actions mean, say to them, A Valley of Dry Bones ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take Ephra im and the The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the northern tribes and join them to Ju dah. I will make them one piece TIP 2 37 Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me of wood in my hand.’ Scan any other 20 all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the page number 21 scattered every where across the ground and were completely dried people can see them. And give them this message from the Sovereign to explore all 3 the app has out. Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living Lord: I will gather the people of Isra el from among the nations. I will people again?” bring them home to their own land from the places where they have to offer about 22 these passages. “O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.” been scattered. I will unify them into one nation on the mountains 4 Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones of Is ra el. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided 5 23 and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the into two nations or into two kingdoms. They will never again pol- Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and lute themselves with their idols* and vile images and rebellion, for I 6 make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover will save them from their sinful apostasy.* I will cleanse them. Then you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. they will truly be my people, and I will be their God. 24 Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ” “My servant Da vid will be their king, and they will have only one 7 So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my 25 there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body decrees. They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land 8 came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. Then 37:16 Hebrew This is Ephraim’s wood, representing Joseph and all the house of Israel; similarly in as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin 37:19. 37:23a The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung. 37:23b As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads from all their dwelling formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them. places where they sinned.

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15 where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grand- their land, then you will rouse yourself.* You will come from your children after them will live there forever, generation after genera- homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty 26 16 tion. And my servant Da vid will be their prince forever. And I will army, and you will attack my people Isra el, covering their land like make a cov enant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my give them their land and increase their numbers,* and I will put my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what 27 Temple among them forever. I will make my home among them. I happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am theLord . 28 17 will be their God, and they will be my people. And when my Temple “This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talk- is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who ing about long ago, when I announced through Isra el’s that 18 makes Is ra el holy.” in the future I would bring you against my people? But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Isra el, my fury 19 A Message for Gog will boil over! In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty 20 This is another message that came to me from the Lord: shaking in the land of Is ra el on that day. All living things— the fish 2 38 “Son of man, turn and face Gog of the land of Ma gog, the in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small ani- prince who rules over the nations of Me shech and , and proph- mals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth— will 3 esy against him. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs 4 21 Gog, I am your enemy! I will turn you around and put hooks in your will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. I will summon the sword jaws to lead you out with your whole army— your horses and chari- against you on all the hills of Is ra el, says the Sovereign Lord. Your 22 oteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords. men will turn their swords against each other. I will punish you and 5 Per sia, Ethio pia, and * will join you, too, with all their weapons. your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, 6 23 Go mer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! In this way, I will show my great- Beth- togar mah from the distant north, and many others. ness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of 7 1402 “Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobi- the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 1403 8 lized, and take command of them. A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the The Slaughter of Gog’s Hordes land of Isra el, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war “Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains 39 from the Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of 9 2 of Isra el. You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll the nations of and Tu bal. I will turn you around and drive down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. you toward the mountains of Is rael, bringing you from the distant 10 3 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts north. I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from 11 4 will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme. You your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. You and your army and will say, ‘Isra el is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures 5 I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such and wild animals. You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, 12 6 confidence! I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now says the Sovereign Lord. And I will rain down fire on and on filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with I am the Lord. 7 livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world re- “In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people 13 volves around them!’ But and Dedan and the merchants of of Is ra el. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, 8 Tar shish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Isra el. That day of can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their judgment will come, says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will hap- livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’ pen just as I have declared it. 14 9 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this mes- “Then the people in the towns of Is rael will go out and pick up sage from the Sovereign Lord: When my people are living in peace in your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them 37:26 Hebrew reads I will give them and increase their numbers; Greek version lacks the entire phrase. 38:5 Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put. 38:14 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads then you will know.

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10 seven years! They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for 28 for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plun- all the nations to see. Then my people will know that I am the Lord der those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home 29 planned to rob them, says the Sovereign Lord. again. I will leave none of my people behind. And I will never again 11 “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people Valley of the Travelers, east of the .* It will block the way of of Is ra el. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!” those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to 12 the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. It will take seven months for the people The New Temple Area 13 of Is ra el to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. Every one in Is ra el On April 28,* during the twenty- fifth year of our captivity— will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Isra el when I demonstrate 40 fourteen years after the fall of Je ru sa lem— the Lord took 2 my glory on that day, says the Sovereign Lord. hold of me. In a vision from God he took me to the land of Is ra el 14 “After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see 3 the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again. toward the south what appeared to be a city. As he brought me nearer, 15 Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway 16 will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. (There will entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a be a town there named Ha mon ah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the measuring rod. 4 land will finally be cleansed. He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention 17 “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call to every thing I show you. You have been brought here so I can show all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my you many things. Then you will return to the people of Isra el and tell great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Is- them every thing you have seen.” 18 ra el, and there eat flesh and drink blood! Eat the flesh of mighty men 1404 and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, The East Gateway 1405 19 5 and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan! Gorge yourselves with I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the took a measuring rod that was 101/2 feet* long and measured the wall, 20 sacrificial feast I have prepared for you. Feast at my banquet table— and the wall was 101/2 feet* thick and 101/2 feet high. 6 feast on horses and chari oteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps warriors, says the Sovereign Lord. and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 101/2 feet front to 21 7 “In this way, I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Every- back.* There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway one will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power passage. Each of these alcoves was 101/2 feet square, with a distance 22 of my fist when I strike. And from that time on the people of Isra el between them of 83/4 feet* along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner 23 will know that I am the Lord their God. The nations will then know threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gate- 8 why Isra el was sent away to exile— it was punishment for sin, for they way passage, was 101/2 feet front to back. He also measured the entry 9 were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and room of the gateway.* It was 14 feet* across, with supporting columns 24 TIP let their enemies destroy them. I turned my face away and punished 31/2 feet* thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway them because of their defilement and their sins. structure, facing toward the Temple. 10 Check out the There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway pas- STUDY section Restoration for God’s People sage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls sepa- to find study 25 11 “So now, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity rating them were also identical. The man measured the gateway notes, book of my people*; I will have mercy on all Is ra el, for I jealously guard my overviews, 40:1 Hebrew At the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar 26 calendar. This event occurred on April 28, 573 b.c.; also see note on 1:1. 40:5a Hebrew 6 long holy reputation! They will accept responsibility for* their past shame people profiles cubits [3.2 meters], each being a cubit [18 inches or 45 centimeters] and a handbreadth [3 inches or and theme and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own 8 centimeters] in length. 40:5b Hebrew 1 rod [3.2 meters]; also in 40:5c, 7. 40:6 As in Greek version, which reads 1 rod [3.2 meters] deep; Hebrew reads 1 rod deep, and 1 threshold, 1 rod deep. 27 notes relevant land, with no one to bother them. When I bring them home from 40:7 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 40:48. 40:8 As in many Hebrew manuscripts and to this page. Syriac version; other Hebrew manuscripts add which faced inward toward the Temple; it was 1 rod 39:11 Hebrew the sea. 39:25 Hebrew of Jacob. 39:26 A few Hebrew manuscripts read They [10.5 feet or 3.2 meters] deep. 9Then he measured the entry room of the gateway. 40:9a Hebrew will forget. 8 cubits [4.2 meters]. 40:9b Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].

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entrance, which was 171/2 feet* wide at the opening and 223/4 feet* wide had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry 12 in the gateway passage. In front of each of the guard alcoves was a room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. 21- inch* curb. The alcoves themselves were 101/2 feet* on each side. And like the others, the gateway passage was 871/2 feet long and 433/4 13 26 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves. This gate- distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance way also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry 14 was 433/4 feet.* He measured the dividing walls all along the inside room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing 27 of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was walls. And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was an- 15 105 feet.* The full length of the gateway passage was 871/2 feet* from other gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between 16 one end to the other. There were recessed windows that narrowed in- the two gateways was 175 feet. ward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the divid- Gateways to the Inner Courtyard 28 ing walls were decorated with carved palm trees. Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the 29 The Outer Courtyard other gateways. Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room 17 Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage 30 courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto was 871/2 feet long and 433/4 feet wide. (The entry rooms of the gate- 18 the pavement. This pavement flanked the gates and extended out ways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet* across and 433/4 31 from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway en- feet wide.) The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer 19 trance. This was the lower pavement. Then the man measured across courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; eight steps leading to its entrance. 32 1406 the distance was 175 feet.* Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner court- 1407 yard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other 33 The North Gateway gateways. Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were 20 The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along 21 the east. Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 871/2 34 dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched feet long and 433/4 feet wide. Its entry room faced into the outer those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 871/2 feet long courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were and 433/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves. eight steps leading to its entrance. 22 35 The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the 36 up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end other gateways. The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room 23 of the gateway passage. Here on the north side, just as on the east, of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 871/2 37 directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two feet long and 433/4 feet wide. Its entry room* faced into the outer gateways was 175 feet. courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance. The South Gateway 24 Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices 25 38 its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others. It A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a 39 40:11a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters]. 40:11b Hebrew 13 cubits [6.9 meters]. 40:12a Hebrew side room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed. On each side 1 cubit [53 centimeters]. 40:12b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters]. 40:13 Hebrew 25 cubits [13.3 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36. 40:14 Hebrew 60 cubits [31.8 meters]. Greek version reads 20 cubits [35 feet or 10.6 meters]. The meaning of the Hebrew in this verse is 40:30 As in 40:9, which reads 8 cubits [14 feet or 4.2 meters]; here the Hebrew reads 5 cubits [83/4 uncertain. 40:15 Hebrew 50 cubits [26.5 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 33, 36. 40:19 Hebrew feet or 2.7 meters]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and the Greek version lack this entire verse. 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 40:23, 27, 47. 40:37 As in Greek version (compare parallels at 40:26, 31, 34); Hebrew reads Its dividing wall.

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3 of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He mea- slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. sured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 31/2 feet* TIP 40 Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the thick. The entrance was 101/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of 41 4 Check out north entrance, were two more tables. So there were eight tables in the entrance were 121/4 feet* long. The inner room of the sanctuary all— four inside and four outside— where the sacrifices were cut up was 35 feet* long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most the REFLECT section to slow 42 and prepared. There were also four tables of finished stone for prepa- Holy Place.” down and read 5 ration of the burnt offerings, each 311/2 inches square and 21 inches Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 101/2 feet devotionals high.* On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room related directly 43 6 implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. There were was 7 feet* wide. These side rooms were built in three levels, one to the text you hooks, each 3 inches* long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for are reading. sacrificial meat was laid on the tables. these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they 7 did not extend into the wall. Each level was wider than the one below Rooms for the Priests it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. 44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,* one beside the north A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south* gateway, facing the top level. 45 8 north. And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a 46 9 gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance. The foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 101/2 feet* high. The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 83/4 feet thick. This left an 10 altar— the descendants of zadok— for they alone of all the Levites open area between these side rooms and the row of rooms along the may approach the Lord to minister to him.” outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and 11 it went all the way around the Temple. Two doors opened from the 1408 The Inner Courtyard and Temple side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 83/4 feet wide. One door 1409 47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, faced north and the other south. 12 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. 48 front of the Temple. Then he brought me to the entry room of the It was 1221/2 feet wide and 1571/2 feet long, and its walls were 83/4 feet* 13 Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the thick. Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet* long. entry room, and they were 83/4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 241/2 The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an ad- 14 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional ditional 175 feet in length. The inner courtyard to the east of the 49 15 51/4 feet long.* The entry room was 35 feet* wide and 21 feet* deep. Temple was also 175 feet wide. The building to the west, including There were ten steps* leading up to it, with a column on each side. its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple 16 After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed win- 41 Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway,* dows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above 2 17 and they were 101/2 feet* thick. The doorway was 171/2 feet* wide, and and below the windows. The space above the door leading into the 18 the walls on each side of it were 83/4 feet* long. The sanctuary itself inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. All the was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.* walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim. 19 40:42 Hebrew 11/2 cubits [80 centimeters] long and 11/2 cubits wide and 1 cubit [53 centimeters] One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. high. 40:43 Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters]. 40:44a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads rooms for singers. 40:44b As in Greek version; Hebrew reads east. 40:48 As in Greek The other face— that of a younglion— looked toward the palm tree version, which reads The entrance was 14 cubits [7.4 meters] wide, and the walls of the entrance were on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the 3 cubits [1.6 meters] on each side; Hebrew lacks 14 cubits wide, and the walls of the entrance were. 40:49a Hebrew 20 cubits [10.6 meters]. 40:49b As in Greek version, which reads 12 cubits [21 feet or 6.4 meters]; Hebrew reads 11 cubits [191/4 feet or 5.8 meters]. 40:49c As in Greek 41:3a Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters]. 41:3b Hebrew 7 cubits [3.7 meters]. 41:4 Hebrew version; Hebrew reads There were steps that were. 41:1a As in Greek version; the meaning of 20 cubits [10.6 meters]; also in 41:4b, 10. 41:5 Hebrew 4 cubits [2.1 meters]. 41:8 Hebrew the Hebrew is uncertain. 41:1b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters]; also in 41:3, 5. 41:2a Hebrew 1 rod, 6 cubits [3.2 meters]. 41:12 Hebrew 70 cubits [37.1 meters] wide and 90 cubits [47.7 meters] 10 cubits [5.3 meters]. 41:2b Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 41:9, 11. 41:2c Hebrew long, and its walls were 5 cubits [2.7 meters] thick. 41:13 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 40 cubits [21.2 meters] long and 20 cubits [10.6 meters] wide. 41:13b, 14, 15.

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20 Temple, from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer like the complex on the north side of the Temple. This complex of wall of the sanctuary. rooms was the same length and width as the other one, and it had the 21 12 There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and same entrances and doors. The dimensions of each were identical. So 22 the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar. There there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block was an altar made of wood, 51/4 feet high and 31/2 feet across.* Its cor- of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway. 13 ners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, Then the man told me, “These rooms that overlook the Temple “is the table that stands in the Lord’s presence.” from the north and south are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices 23 Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double door- to the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. And because these rooms 24 25 ways, each with two swinging doors. The doors leading into the are holy, they will be used to store the sa cred offerings— the grain 14 sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. When the priests leave as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They 26 room to the Temple. On both sides of the entry room were recessed must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering outside wall also had roofs. the parts of the building complex open to the public.” 15 When the man had finished measuring the inside of the Temple Rooms for the Priests area, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire 16 Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way perimeter. He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it 17 42 of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and was 875 feet long.* Then he measured the north side, and it was also 18 19 came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner court- 875 feet. The south side was also 875 feet, and the west side was also 2 20 yard. This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 875 feet. So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around 3 175 feet* long and 871/2 feet* wide. One block of rooms overlooked the it to separate what was holy from what was common. 1410 35- foot* width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked 1411 out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were The Lord’s Glory Returns 4 built three levels high and stood across from each other. Between the After this, the man brought me back around to the east gate- 2 two blocks of rooms ran a walkway 171/2 feet* wide. It extended the 43 way. Suddenly, the glory of the God of Isra el appeared from 5 entire 175 feet of the complex,* and all the doors faced north. Each of the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, 3 the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it and the whole landscape shone with his glory. This vision was just because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he 6 4 them. Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting came* to destroy Je ru sa lem. I fell face down on the ground. And the columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gateway. 7 5 from the level beneath it. There was an outer wall that separated Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court- 8 6 the rooms from the outer courtyard; it was 871/2 feet long. This wall yard, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple. And I heard some- added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only one speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had 7 871/2 feet, while the inner block— the rooms toward the Temple— been measuring stood beside me. The Lord said to me, “Son of man, 9 extended for 175 feet. There was an eastern entrance from the outer this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I courtyard to these rooms. will live here forever among the people of Isra el. They and their kings 10 On the south* side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.* 8 courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between 11 north. There was a walkway between the two blocks of rooms just them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I 9 consumed them in my anger. Now let them stop worshiping other 41:22 Hebrew 3 cubits [1.6 meters] high and 2 cubits [1.1 meters] across. 42:2a Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 42:8. 42:2b Hebrew 50 cubits [26.5 meters]; also in 42:7, 8. 42:3 Hebrew 42:16 As in 45:2 and in Greek version at 42:17, which reads 500 cubits [265 meters]; Hebrew 20[-cubit] [10.6- meter]. 42:4a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters]. 42:4b As in Greek and Syriac reads 500 rods [5,250 feet or 1,590 meters]; similarly in 42:17, 18, 19, 20. 43:3 As in some versions, which read Its length was 100 cubits [53 meters]; Hebrew reads and a passage 1 cubit Hebrew manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads I came. 43:7 Or kings on their [21 inches or 53 centimeters] wide. 42:10 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads east. high places.

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gods and honoring the relics of their kings, and I will live among them finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no 24 forever. defects and a perfect ram from the flock. You are to pre sent them to 10 “Son of man, describe to the people of Isra el the Temple I have the Lord, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study as a burnt offering to the Lord. 11 25 its plan, and they will be ashamed* of what they have done. Describe “Every day for seven days a male goat, a young bull, and a ram to them all the specifications of the Temple— including its entrances from the flock will be sacrificed as a sin offering. None of these ani- 26 and exits— and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees mals may have physical defects of any kind. Do this each day for and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they seven days to cleanse and make atonement for the altar, thus setting 12 27 watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them. And this it apart for holy use. On the eighth day, and on each day afterward, is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and peace of- the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic ferings of the people. Then I will accept you. I, the Sovereign Lord, law of the Temple. have spoken!”

The Altar The Prince, Levites, and Priests 13 “These are the measurements of the altar*: There is a gutter all Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the 2 around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,* with a curb 44 outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed. And the 9 inches* wide around its edge. And this is the height* of the altar: Lord said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again 14 From the gutter the altar rises 31/2 feet* to a lower ledge that sur- be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the Lord, rounds the altar and is 21 inches* wide. From the lower ledge the altar the God of Is ra el, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain 15 3 rises 7 feet* to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide. The top of shut. Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up the Lord’s presence. But he may come and go only through the entry 16 1412 from each of the four corners. The top of the altar is square, measur- room of the gateway.” 1413 17 4 ing 21 feet by 21 feet.* The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring Then the man brought me through the north gateway to the front 241/2 feet by 241/2 feet,* with a 21-inch gutter and a 101/2- inch curb* all of the Temple. I looked and saw that the glory of the Lord filled the around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.” Temple of the Lord, and I fell face down on the ground. 18 5 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, take careful notice. Use says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the your eyes and ears, and listen to everything I tell you about the regu- 19 sprinkling of blood when the altar is built. At that time, the Le vit- lations concerning the Lord’s Temple. Take careful note of the pro- 6 i cal priests of the fami ly of za dok, who minister before me, are to be cedures for using the Temple’s entrances and exits. And give these 20 given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign Lord. You rebels, the people of Is rael, this message from the Sovereign Lord: 7 will take some of its blood and smear it on the four horns of the altar, O people of Is ra el, enough of your detestable sins! You have brought the four corners of the upper ledge, and the curb that runs around that uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary— people who have no 21 ledge. This will cleanse and make atonement for the altar. Then take heart for God. In this way, you defiled my Temple even as you offered the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your TIP 8 outside the Temple area. other detestable sins, you have broken my covenant. Instead of safe- 22 The SEE section “On the second day, sacrifice as a sin offering a young male goat guarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge has all kinds that has no physical defects. Then cleanse and make atonement for of my sanctuary. 23 9 of wonderful the altar again, just as you did with the young bull. When you have “So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigners, including visuals: those who live among the people of Is ra el, will enter my sanctuary if interactive 43:11 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads if they are ashamed. 43:13a Hebrew measurements they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves of the altar in long cubits, each being a cubit [18 inches or 45 centimeters] and a handbreadth maps, videos 10 [3 inches or 8 centimeters] in length. 43:13b Hebrew a cubit [53 centimeters] deep and a cubit to the Lord. And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me from The Bible wide. 43:13c Hebrew 1 span [23 centimeters]. 43:13d As in Greek version; Hebrew reads when Is rael strayed away from me to worship idols* must bear the con- Project, and base. 43:14a Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters]. 43:14b Hebrew 1 cubit [53 centimeters]; also in 43:14d. 43:14c Hebrew 4 cubits [2.1 meters]; also in 43:15. 43:16 Hebrew 12 [cubits] 11 sequences of their unfaithfulness. They may still be Temple guards infographics. [6.4 meters] long and 12 [cubits] wide. 43:17a Hebrew 14 [cubits] [7.4 meters] long and 14 [cubits] wide. 43:17b Hebrew a gutter of 1 cubit [53 centimeters] and a curb of 1/2 a cubit [27 centimeters]. 44:10 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung; also in 44:12.

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