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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1091

north, and the chambers of the south, which came in by the way of the east: and his voice
are before the separate building: they are holy was like the noise of many waters, and the earth
chambers, in which the priests shall eat, that ap- shone with his majesty.
proach to the Lord into the holy of holies: there 3 And I saw the vision according to the ap-
they shall lay the most holy things, and the of- pearance which I had seen when he came to de-
fering for sin, and for trespass: for it is a holy stroy the city: and the appearance was according
place. to the vision which I had seen by the river Cho-
14 And when the priests shall have entered bar: and I fell upon my face.
in, they shall not go out of the holy places into 4 And the majesty of the Lord went into the
the outward court: but there they shall lay their temple by the way of the gate that looked to the
vestments, wherein they minister, for they are east.
holy: and they shall put on other garments, and 5 And the spirit lifted me up and brought me
so they shall go forth to the people. into the inner court: and behold the house was
15 Now when he had made an end of measur- filled with the glory of the Lord.
ing the inner house, he brought me out by the 6 And I heard one speaking to me out of the
way of the gate that looked toward the east: and house, and the man that stood by me,
he measured it on every side round about. 7 Said to me: Son of man, the place of my
16 And he measured toward the east with the throne, and the place of the soles of my feet,
measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the mea- where I dwell in the midst of the children of Israel
suring reed round about. for ever: and the house of Israel shall no more
17 And he measured toward the north five profane my holy name, they and their kings by
hundred reeds with the measuring reed round their fornications, and by the carcasses of their
about. kings, and by the high places.
18 And towards the south he measured five 8 They who have set their threshold by my
hundred reeds with the measuring reed round threshold, and their posts by my posts: and
about. there was but a wall between me, and them: and
19 And toward the west he measured five hun- they profaned my holy name by the abomina-
dred reeds, with the measuring reed. tions which they committed: for which reason I
consumed them in my wrath.
20 By the four winds he measured the wall
9 Now therefore let them put away their forni-
thereof on every side round about, five hundred
cubits and five hundred cubits broad, making a cations, and the carcasses of their kings far from
me: and I will dwell in the midst of them for
separation between the sanctuary and the place
of the people. ever.
10 But thou, son of man, shew to the house
of Israel the temple, and let them be ashamed of
Chapter 43 their iniquities, and let them measure the build-
ing:
And he brought me to the gate that looked to- 11 And be ashamed of all that they have done.
wards the east. Shew them the form of the house, and of the
2 And behold the glory of the God of Israel fashion thereof, the goings out and the comings