Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Portions: Ezekiel 43 - 45

Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,
and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east.
His voice was like the roar of rushing waters,
and the land was radiant with His glory.
The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen
when He came to destroy the city
and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River,
and I fell facedown.
The glory of the Lord entered the temple
through the gate facing east.
Then the Spirit lifted me up
and brought me into the inner court,
and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
(Ezekiel 43:1-5)

Then the man brought me back
to the outer gate of the sanctuary,
the one facing east, and it was shut.
The Lord said to me,
"This gate is to remain shut.
It must not be opened;
no one may enter through it.
It is to remain shut
because the Lord, the God of Israel,
has entered through it.
(Ezekiel 44:1-2)

You are to use accurate scales,
an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.
The ephah and bath are to be the same size,
the bath contain a tenth of a homer
and the ephah a tenth of a homer;
the homer is to be the standard measure for both.
The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs.
Twenty shekels
plus twenty-five shekels
plus fifteen shekels
equal one mina.
(Ezekiel 45:10-12)

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