EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

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• EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY - THREE

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OUTLINE EZEKIEL CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

• THE GLORY OF THE LORD RETURNS V. 1-6
• THE LORD WILL REMAIN IN TEMPLE
• IF ISRAEL REPENTS OF THE SINS
• WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LEAVE V. 7-12
• DESCRIBE THE TEMPLE TO ISRAEL
• AND THE LAWS PERTAINING TO IT
• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR V.13-18
• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR V. 19-27

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READ EZEKIEL 431-2

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate
  that faces toward the east.
• 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel
  came from the way of the east. His voice was like
  the sound of many waters and the earth shone
  with His glory.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 431-2

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate
  that faces toward the East.
• 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel
  came from the way of the East. His voice was like
  the sound of many waters and the earth shone
  with His glory.
• WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL?
• He brought me to the gate that faces toward the
  East
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• His voice was like the sound of many waters
• The earth shone with His glory

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 431

• 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate
  that faces toward the East.
• WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL?
• He brought me to the gate that faces toward the
  East
• WHEN DID EZEKIEL FIRST SEE VISIONS OF GOD?
• READ EZEKIEL 11
• 1 It came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the
  fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I
  was among the captives by the River Chebar, that
  the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
  NKJV
• WHERE WAS EZEKIEL?
• I was among the captives by the River Chebar

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 431

• WHERE DID HE TAKE EZEKIEL?
• He brought me to the gate that faces toward the
  East
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE AT THE EAST GATE?
• READ EZEKIEL 816
• 16 He brought me into the inner court of the
  LORDS house and there, at the door of the
  temple of the LORD, between the porch and the
  altar, were about twenty-five men with their
  backs toward the temple of the LORD and their
  faces toward the East, and they were worshiping
  the sun toward the East. NKJV
• WHAT WERE THESE MEN DOING?
• They were worshiping the sun toward the East

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• READ EZEKIEL 104
• 4 The glory of the LORD went up from the cherub,
  and paused over the threshold of the temple and
  the house was filled with the cloud, and the
  court was full of the brightness of the LORDS
  glory. NKJV
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?
• The glory of the LORD went up from the cherub
• and paused over the threshold of the temple

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• READ EZEKIEL 1018-19
• 18 The glory of the LORD departed from the
  threshold of the temple and stood over the
  cherubim.
• 19 The cherubim lifted their wings and mounted
  up from the earth in my sight. When they went
  out, the wheels were beside them and they stood
  at the door of the East gate of the LORDS house,
  and the glory of the God of Israel was above
  them. NKJV
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?
• The glory of the LORD departed from the
  threshold
• of the temple and stood over the cherubim
• They stood at the door of the East gate

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• READ EZEKIEL 1123
• 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the
  midst of the city and stood on the mountain,
  which is on the East side of the city. NKJV
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?
• the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of
  the city
• AND
• Stood on the mountain on the East side of the
  city

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• READ ZECHARIAH 144
• 4 His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
  Which faces Jerusalem on the East. And the Mount
  of Olives shall be split in two, From East to
  West, Making a very large valley Half of the
  mountain shall move toward the North And half of
  it toward the South.
• WHO IS ZECHARIAH TALKING ABOUT?
• WHERE IS THE MOUNT OF OLIVES?
• His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives
• facing Jerusalem on the East

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• The glory of the God of Israel
• Came from the way of the East
• READ MATTHEW 243
• 3 As He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
  came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when
  will these things be? And what will be the sign
  of Your coming, and of the end of the age? NKJV
• WHERE WAS JESUS?
• He sat on the Mount of Olives
• EAST OF JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• 2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel
  came from the way of the East. His voice was like
  the sound of many waters and the earth shone
  with His glory.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• His voice was like the sound of many waters
• The earth shone with His glory
• READ EZEKIEL 124
• 24 When they went, I heard the noise of their
  wings, like the noise of many waters, like the
  voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of
  an army and when they stood still, they let down
  their wings. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• His voice was like the sound of many waters
• The earth shone with His glory
• WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD?
• READ REVELATION 113-15
• 13 In the midst of the seven lamp-stands One like
  the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to
  the feet and girded about the chest with a golden
  band.
• 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as
  white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire
  
• 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined
  in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many
  waters

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• His voice was like the sound of many waters
• The earth shone with His glory
• WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD?
• READ REVELATION 142
• 2 I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of
  many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder.
  And I heard the sound of harpists playing their
  harps. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 181
• 1 After these things I saw another angel coming
  down from heaven, having great authority, and the
  earth was illuminated with his glory. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 432

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• His voice was like the sound of many waters
• The earth shone with His glory
• WHAT DID JOHN BEHOLD?
• READ REVELATION 2110-11
• 10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great
  and high mountain, and showed me the great city,
  the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from
  God,
• 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a
  most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear
  as crystal.

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READ EZEKIEL 433-4

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 3 It was like the appearance of the vision which
  I saw like the vision which I saw when I came
  to destroy the city. The visions were like the
  vision which I saw by the River Chebar and I
  fell on my face.
• 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple
  by way of the gate which faces toward the east.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 433-4

• 3 It was like the appearance of the vision which
  I saw like the vision which I saw when I came
  to destroy the city. The visions were like the
  vision which I saw by the River Chebar and I
  fell on my face.
• 4 And the glory of the LORD came into the temple
  by way of the gate which faces toward the East.
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL LIKEN THIS VISION TO?
• It was like the vision which I saw
• when I came to destroy the city
• The visions were like the vision
• which I saw by the River Chebar
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• the glory of the LORD came into the temple
• by way of the gate which faces toward the East

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 434

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD came into the temple
• by way of the gate which faces toward the East
• READ EZEKIEL 1018-19
• 18 The glory of the LORD departed from the
  threshold of the temple and stood over the
  cherubim.
• 19 The cherubim lifted their wings and mounted
  up from the earth in my sight. When they went
  out, the wheels were beside them and they stood
  at the door of the East gate of the LORDS house,
  and the glory of the God of Israel was above
  them. NKJV
• WHERE DID THE GLORY OF THE LORD GO?
• The glory of the LORD departed from the
  threshold
• of the temple and stood over the cherubim
• They stood at the door of the East gate

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READ EZEKIEL 435

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into
  the inner court and behold, the glory of the
  LORD filled the temple.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 5 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into
  the inner court and behold, the glory of the
  LORD filled the temple.
• WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO?
• The Spirit lifted me up brought me into the
  inner court
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD filled the temple
• WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE?
• WHY NOT?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO?
• The Spirit lifted me up
• WHERE DID THE SPIRIT TAKE HIM?
• brought me into the inner court
• HAD THE SPIRIT DONE THIS BEFORE?
• READ EZEKIEL 1124
• 24 The Spirit took me up and brought me in a
  vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to
  those in captivity. And the vision that I had
  seen went up from me. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO?
• The Spirit lifted me up brought me into the
  inner court
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD filled the temple
• WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT?
• HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 1321-22
• 21 The LORD went before them by day in a pillar
  of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a
  pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by
  day and night.
• 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by
  day or the pillar of fire by night from before
  the people. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• WHAT DID THE SPIRIT DO?
• The Spirit lifted me up brought me into the
  inner court
• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD filled the temple
• WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT?
• HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE ISRAEL?
• READ NUMBERS 915-16
• 15 On the day that the tabernacle was raised up,
  the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the
  Testimony from evening until morning it was
  above the tabernacle like the appearance of fire.
  
• 16 So it was always the cloud covered it by
  day, and the appearance of fire by night. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD filled the temple
• WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT?
• READ EXODUS 4034-35
• 34 The cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting,
  and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• 35 Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of
  meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and
  the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. NKJV
• WHAT COVERED THE TABERNACLE?
• The cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting
• WHY COULDNT MOSES ENTER THE TABERNACLE?
• the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 435

• WHAT DID EZEKIEL BEHOLD?
• the glory of the LORD filled the temple
• WAS EZEKIEL IN THE TEMPLE? WHY NOT?
• READ 1 KINGS 810-11
• 10 .When the priests came out of the holy
  place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
• 11 So that the priests could not continue
  ministering because of the cloud for the glory
  of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
• WHAT COVERED THE HOLY PLACE?
• the cloud filled the house of the LORD
• WHAT COULDNT THE PRIESTS DO? WHY?
• continue ministering because of the cloud
• the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD

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READ EZEKIEL 436-7

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the
  temple, while a man stood beside me.
• 7 And He said to me, "Son of man, this is 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 forever. No more shall the
  house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor
  their kings, by their harlotry or with the
  carcasses of their kings on their high places.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 436-7

• 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the
  temple, while a man stood beside me.
• 7 And He said to me, Son of man, this is 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 forever. No more shall the
  house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor
  their kings, by their harlotry or with the
  carcasses of their kings on their high places.
• WHO IS BESIDE EZEKIEL?
• a man stood beside me
• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• the place of the soles of My feet
• WHERE
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 436

• 6 Then I heard Him speaking to me from the
  temple, while a man stood beside me.
• WHO IS BESIDE EZEKIEL?
• a man stood beside me
• IS THIS THE SAME MAN?
• READ EZEKIEL 403
• 3 He took me there and behold, there was a man
  whose appearance was like the appearance of
  bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod
  in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. NKJV
• WHO IS THIS PERSON?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• the place of the soles of My feet
• WHERE
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 995
• Exalt the LORD our God
• worship at His footstool He is holy.
• READ PSALMS 1327
• Let us go into His tabernacle
• Let us worship at His footstool.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• the place of the soles of My feet
• WHERE
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID DAVID SAY?
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 282-3
• 2 King David rose to his feet and said, Hear
  me, my brethren and my people I had it in my
  heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the
  covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of
  our God, and had made preparations to build it.
• 3 But God said to me, 'You shall not build a
  house for My name, because you have been a man of
  war and have shed blood.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• the place of the soles of My feet
• WHERE
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL?
• WHY?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 21
• 1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
• With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from
  heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did
  not remember His footstool In the day of His
  anger. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• the place of the soles of My feet
• WHERE
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 6013
• 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, The
  cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, To
  beautify the place of My sanctuary And I will
  make the place of My feet glorious. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• WHY?
• READ EXODUS 3413-16
• 13 You shall destroy their altars, break their
  sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images
• 14 (for you shall worship no other god, for the
  LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
• 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants
  of the land, and they play the harlot with their
  gods and make sacrifice to their gods, and one of
  them invites you and you eat of his sacrifice,
• 16 and you take of his daughters for your sons,
  and his daughters play the harlot with their gods
  and make your sons play the harlot with their
  gods. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy
  name
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• by their harlotry
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• WHY?
• READ LEVITICUS 1821
• 21 You shall not let any of your descendants
  pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you
  profane the name of your God I am the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy
  name
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• by their harlotry
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 2030-31
• 30 . Are you defiling yourselves in the manner
  of your fathers, and committing harlotry
  according to their abominations?
• 31 When you offer your gifts and make your sons
  pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with
  all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be
  inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,
  I will not be inquired of by you.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy
  name
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• by their harlotry
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 521
• 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion
• Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the
  holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean
  Shall no longer come to you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy
  name
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• by their harlotry
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ JEREMIAH 317
• 17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called The
  Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be
  gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to
  Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates
  of their evil hearts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy
  name
• HOW DID ISRAEL DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• by their harlotry
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 3723
• 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with
  their idols, nor with their detestable things,
  nor with any of their transgressions but I will
  deliver them from all their dwelling places in
  which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them.
  Then they shall be My people, and I will be their
  God. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• AND
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ ISAIAH 22-3
• 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days That
  the mountain of the LORDS house Shall be
  established on the top of the mountains, And
  shall be exalted above the hills And all nations
  shall flow to it.
• 3 Many people shall come and say, Come, let us
  go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house
  of the God of Jacob He will teach us His ways,
  And we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion
  shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD
  from Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 437

• WHAT DID HE SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• this is the place of My throne
• AND
• I will dwell in the midst of the children of
  Israel forever
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ MALACHI 31
• 1 Behold, I send My messenger, And he will
  prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you
  seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the
  Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight.
  Behold, He is coming,
• Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

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READ EZEKIEL 438-9

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold,
  and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall
  between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by
  the abominations which they committed therefore
  I have consumed them in My anger.
• 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the
  carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I
  will dwell in their midst forever.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438-9

• 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold,
  and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall
  between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by
  the abominations which they committed therefore
  I have consumed them in My anger.
• 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the
  carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I
  will dwell in their midst forever.
• HOW DID THEY DEFILE HIS HOLY NAME?
• they set their threshold by My threshold
• they set their doorpost by My doorpost
• with a wall between them and Me
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• put their harlotry and the carcasses of their
  kings
• far away from Me

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438

• 8 When they set their threshold by My threshold,
  and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall
  between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by
  the abominations which they committed therefore
  I have consumed them in My anger.
• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1611-15
• WHAT DID KING MANASSEH DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 214-7
• WHAT DID KING AMON DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3321-23

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438

• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1611-15
• 11 Urijah the priest built an altar according to
  all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Urijah
  the priest made it before King Ahaz came back
  from Damascus.
• 12 When the king came back from Damascus, the
  king saw the altar and the king approached the
  altar and made offerings on it.
• 13 He burned his burnt offering and his grain
  offering and he poured his drink offering and
  sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the
  altar.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438

• WHAT DID KING AHAZ DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 1611-15
• 14 He brought the bronze altar which was before
  the LORD, from the front of the temple from
  between the new altar and the house of the LORD
  and put it on the north side of the new altar.
• 15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest,
  saying, On the great new altar burn the morning
  burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the
  king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering,
  with the burnt offering of all the people of the
  land, their grain offering, and their drink
  offerings and sprinkle on it all the blood of
  the burnt offering and all the blood of the
  sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me
  to inquire by. NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438

• WHAT DID KING MANASSEH DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 214-7
• 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, of
  which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem I will put
  My name.
• 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in
  the two courts of the house of the LORD.
• 6 He made his son pass through the fire,
  practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and
  consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much
  evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to
  anger.
• 7 He even set a carved image of Asherah that he
  had made, in the house of which the LORD had said
  to David and to Solomon his son, In this house
  and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
  the tribes of Israel, I will put My name
  forever NKJV

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 438

• WHAT DID KING AMON DO?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3321-23
• 21 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became
  king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
• 22 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
  father Manasseh had done for Amon sacrificed to
  all the carved images which his father Manasseh
  had made, and served them.
• 23 He did not humble himself before the LORD, as
  his father Manasseh had humbled himself but Amon
  trespassed more and more. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 439

• 9 Now let them put their harlotry and the
  carcasses of their kings far away from Me, and I
  will dwell in their midst forever.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• put their harlotry and the carcasses of their
  kings
• far away from Me
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FIRST?
• READ JEREMIAH 1618
• 18 First I will repay double for their iniquity
  and their sin, because they have defiled My land
  they have filled My inheritance with the
  carcasses of their detestable and abominable
  idols. NKJV

50
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 439

• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• put their harlotry and the carcasses of their
  kings
• far away from Me
• I will dwell in their midst forever
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO? WHEN?
• READ EZEKIEL 3726-28
• 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them,
  and it shall be an everlasting covenant with
  them I will establish them and multiply them,
  and I will set My sanctuary in their midst
  forevermore.
• 27 My tabernacle shall be with them indeed I
  will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• 28 The nations will know that I, the LORD,
  sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their
  midst forevermore.

51
READ EZEKIEL 4310-11

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 10 Son of man, describe the temple to the house
  of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their
  iniquities and let them measure the pattern.
• 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have
  done, make known to them the design of the temple
  and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances,
  its entire design and all its ordinances, all its
  forms and all its laws. Write it down in their
  sight, so that they may keep its whole design and
  all its ordinances, and perform them.

52
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4310-11

• THE TEMPLE THE LORDS DWELLING PLACE
• 10 Son of man, describe the temple to the house
  of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their
  iniquities and let them measure the pattern.
• 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have
  done, make known to them the design of the temple
  and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances,
  its entire design and all its ordinances, all its
  forms and all its laws. Write it down in their
  sight, so that they may keep its whole design and
  all its ordinances, and perform them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• WHY?

53
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4310

• 10 Son of man, describe the temple to the house
  of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their
  iniquities and let them measure the pattern.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• describe the temple to the house of Israel
• WHY?
• That they may be ashamed of their iniquities
• WHEN WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
• READ EZEKIEL 1661
• 61 You will remember your ways and be ashamed,
  when you receive your older and your younger
  sisters for I will give them to you for
  daughters, but not because of My covenant with
  you. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4311

• 11 And if they are ashamed of all that they have
  done, make known to them the design of the temple
  and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances,
  its entire design and all its ordinances, all its
  forms and all its laws. Write it down in their
  sight, so that they may keep its whole design and
  all its ordinances, and perform them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL EZEKIEL TO DO?
• Make known to them the design of the temple
• Its arrangement, its exits. its entrances, its
  entire design
• All its ordinances, all its forms and all its
  laws
• Write it down in their sight
• WHY? SO THAT
• They may keep its whole design
• All its ordinances and Perform them

55
READ EZEKIEL 4312-14

• 12 This is the law of the temple The whole area
  surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold,
  this is the law of the temple.
• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 13 These are the measurements of the altar in
  cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a
  handbreadth) the base one cubit high and one
  cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one
  span. This is the height of the altar
• 14 from the base on the ground to the lower
  ledge, two cubits the width of the ledge, one
  cubit from the smaller ledge to the larger
  ledge, four cubits and the width of the ledge,
  one cubit.

56
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4312-14

• 12 This is the law of the temple The whole area
  surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold,
  this is the law of the temple.
• 13 These are the measurements of the altar in
  cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a
  handbreadth) the base one cubit high and one
  cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one
  span. This is the height of the altar
• 14 from the base on the ground to the lower
  ledge, two cubits the width of the ledge, one
  cubit from the smaller ledge to the larger
  ledge, four cubits and the width of the ledge,
  one cubit.
• WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE TEMPLE?
• WHAT IS MOST HOLY?
• WHAT IS THIS ALTAR?
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR?

57
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4312

• 12 This is the law of the temple The whole area
  surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold,
  this is the law of the temple.
• WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE TEMPLE?
• WHAT IS MOST HOLY?
• The whole area surrounding the mountaintop
• WHERE DID THE PRIESTS PUT THE ARK?
• READ 1 KINGS 86
• 6 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant
  of the LORD to its place, into the inner
  sanctuary of the temple, to the Most Holy Place,
  under the wings of the cherubim. NKJV

58
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4312

• WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE TEMPLE?
• WHAT IS MOST HOLY?
• The whole area surrounding the mountaintop
• DESCRIBE THE WALL AROUND THE TEMPLE?
• READ EZEKIEL 4220
• 20 He measured it on the four sides it had a
  wall all around, five hundred cubits long and
  five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas
  from the common. NKJV
• WHY WAS THERE A WALL AROUND THE TEMPLE?
• to separate the holy areas from the common

59
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4312

• WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE TEMPLE?
• WHAT IS MOST HOLY?
• The whole area surrounding the mountaintop
• WHAT DID JOHN SEE?
• READ REVELATION 2122-23
• 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God
  Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
• 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the
  moon to shine in it, for the glory of God
  illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. NKJV
• WHY WAS THERE NO TEMPLE?
• the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its
  temple

60
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• 13 These are the measurements of the altar in
  cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a
  handbreadth) the base one cubit high and one
  cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one
  span. This is the height of the altar
• 14 from the base on the ground to the lower
  ledge, two cubits the width of the ledge, one
  cubit from the smaller ledge to the larger
  ledge, four cubits and the width of the ledge,
  one cubit.
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ALTAR?
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BASE?
• WHAT ALTAR DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• ALTAR OF INCENSE?

61
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313

• THE LAW OF THE ALTAR
• READ EXODUS 2024-25
• 24 An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and
  you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings
  and your peace offerings, your sheep and your
  oxen. In every place where I record My name I
  will come to you, and I will bless you.
• 25 If you make Me an altar of stone, you shall
  not build it of hewn stone for if you use your
  tool on it, you have profaned it. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT MOSES TO BUILD?
• An altar of earth or of stone
• WHY NOT BUILD IT OF HEWN STONE?
• If you use your tool on it, you have profaned it

62
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313

• READ 2 CHRONICLES 41
• 1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits was its
  length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits
  its height.
• WHAT ALTAR DID SOLOMON MAKE? BRAZEN ALTAR?
• He made a bronze altar
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ALTAR?
• Length 20 cubits 30 feet
• Width 20 cubits 30 feet
• Height 10 cubits 15 feet

63
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• 13 These are the measurements of the altar in
  cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a
  handbreadth) the base one cubit high and one
  cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one
  span. This is the height of the altar
• 14 from the base on the ground to the lower
  ledge, two cubits the width of the ledge, one
  cubit from the smaller ledge to the larger
  ledge, four cubits and the width of the ledge,
  one cubit.
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ALTAR?
• Length 1 cubit 1.5 feet
• Width 1 cubit 1,5 feet
• Height 2 cubits 3 feet
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE BASE?
• Bottom layer 4 cubits x 4 cubits 6 feet x 6
  feet
• Second layer 2 cubits x 2 cubits 3 feet x 3
  feet
• (Each layer 1 cubits high) 1.5 feet high

64
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND MOSES?
• READ EXODUS 301-3
• 1 You shall make an altar to burn incense on
  you shall make it of acacia wood.
• 2 A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its
  width it shall be square and two cubits shall
  be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece
  with it.
• 3 You shall overlay its top, its sides all
  around, and its horns with pure gold and you
  shall make for it a molding of gold all around.
  NKJV
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? ALTAR OF INCENSE?
• WHAT WERE THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS ALTAR?
• Length 1 cubit 1.5 feet
• Width 1 cubit 1.5 feet
• Height 2 cubits 3 feet

65
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• WHAT ALTAR DID EZEKIEL SEE?
• ALTAR OF INCENSE?
• READ EXODUS 4026-27
• 26 He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of
  meeting in front of the veil
• 27 And he burned sweet incense on it, as the
  LORD had commanded Moses. NKJV
• WHERE DID MOSES PUT THE ALTAR OF INCENSE
• He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of
  meeting
• in front of the veil

66
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• READ EXODUS 307-10
• 7 Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every
  morning when he tends the lamps, he shall burn
  incense on it.
• 8 When Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he
  shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense
  before the LORD throughout your generations.
• 9 You shall not offer strange incense on it, or
  a burnt offering, or a grain offering nor shall
  you pour a drink offering on it. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND AARON?
• Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every
  morning
• You shall not offer strange incense on it
• or a burnt offering, or a grain offering
• nor shall you pour a drink offering on it

67
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4313-14

• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND AARON?
• You shall not offer strange incense on it
• Or a burnt offering, or a grain offering
• Nor shall you pour a drink offering on it
• READ LEVITICUS 101-2
• 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took
  his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it,
  and offered profane fire before the LORD, which
  He had not commanded them.
• 2 So fire went out from the LORD and devoured
  them, and they died before the LORD. NKJV
• WHAT DID NADAB AND ABIHU DO?
• they each took his censer, put fire in it, put
  incense on it they offered profane fire before
  the LORD
• fire went out from the LORD and devoured them
• they died before the LORD

68
READ EZEKIEL 4315-17

• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with
  four horns extending upward from the hearth.
• 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long,
  twelve wide, square at its four corners
• 17 the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen
  wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a
  cubit around it its base, one cubit all around
  and its steps face toward the East.

69
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4315-17

• 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with
  four horns extending upward from the hearth.
• 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long,
  twelve wide, square at its four corners
• 17 the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen
  wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a
  cubit around it its base, one cubit all around
  and its steps face toward the East.
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE
• THE HEARTH OF THE ALTAR?
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE
• THE LEDGE OF THE ALTAR?
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

70
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4315

• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with
  four horns extending upward from the hearth.
• READ EXODUS 273
• 2 You shall make its horns on its four corners
  its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you
  shall overlay it with bronze. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?
• You shall make its horns on its four corners
• Its horns shall be of one piece with it
• You shall overlay it with bronze
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

71
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4315

• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE PRIEST TO DO?
• READ EXODUS 2912
• 12 You shall take some of the blood of the bull
  and put it on the horns of the altar with your
  finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of
  the altar. NKJV
• READ LEVITICUS 430
• 30 The priest shall take some of its blood with
  his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of
  burnt offering, and pour all the remaining blood
  at the base of the altar.
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

72
READ 1 KINGS 150-53

• 50 Adonijah was afraid of Solomon so he arose,
  and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
  
• 51 It was told Solomon, saying Indeed Adonijah
  is afraid of King Solomon for look, he has taken
  hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King
  Solomon swear to me today that he will not put
  his servant to death with the sword.
• 52 Then Solomon said, If he proves himself a
  worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the
  earth but if wickedness is found in him, he
  shall die.
• 53 So King Solomon sent them to bring him down
  from the altar. And he came and fell down before
  King Solomon And Solomon said to him Go to
  your house.
• WHAT DID ADONIJAH DO? WHY?
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

73
READ 1 KINGS 228-31

• 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had defected
  to Adonijah, though he had not defected to
  Absalom. So Joab fled to the tabernacle of the
  LORD, and took hold of the horns of the altar.
• 29 King Solomon was told Joab has fled to the
  tabernacle of the LORD there he is, by the
  altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of
  Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.
• 30 Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the LORD,
  and said to him Thus says the king, 'Come out!
  And he said, No, but I will die here. Benaiah
  brought back word to the king, saying, Thus said
  Joab, and thus he answered me.
• 31 The king said to him, Do as he has said, and
  strike him down and bury him, that you may take
  away from me and from the house of my father the
  innocent blood which Joab shed. NKJV
• WHAT DID JOAB DO? WHY?
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

74
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4315

• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with
  four horns extending upward from the hearth.
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE THE HORNS?
• four horns extending upward from the hearth
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE HORNS?
• READ PSALMS 11827
• 27 God is the LORD, And He has given us light
  Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the
  altar. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4315-16

• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with
  four horns extending upward from the hearth.
• 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long,
  twelve wide, square at its four corners
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE
• THE HEARTH OF THE ALTAR?
• Height 4 cubits 6 feet
• Hearth 12 cubits x 12 cubits 18 feet x 18 feet
• with four horns extending upward from the
  hearth
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

76
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4317

• DIMENSIONS OF THE ALTAR
• 17 the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen
  wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a
  cubit around it its base, one cubit all around
  and its steps face toward the East.
• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE
• THE LEDGE OF THE ALTAR?
• Ledge 14 cubits x 14 cubits 21 feet x 21 feet
• with a rim of half a cubit around it
• Its base, one cubit all around
• Its steps face toward the East
• WHAT ALTAR WAS THIS? BRAZEN ALTAR?

77
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4317

• HOW DID EZEKIEL DESCRIBE
• THE LEDGE OF THE ALTAR?
• Ledge 14 cubits x 14 cubits 21 feet x 21 feet
• with a rim of half a cubit around it
• Its base, one cubit all around
• Its steps face toward the East
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
• READ EXODUS 2025-26
• 25 If you make Me an altar of stone, you shall
  not build it of hewn stone for if you use your
  tool on it, you have profaned it.
• 26 Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar,
  that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.'
  NKJV

78
READ EZEKIEL 4318

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 18 And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the
  Lord GOD 'These are the ordinances for the altar
  on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt
  offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.

79
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4318

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 18 And He said to me, Son of man, thus says the
  Lord GOD 'These are the ordinances for the altar
  on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt
  offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.
• WHEN WERE THESE ORDINANCES GIVEN?
• 'These are the ordinances for the altar
• on the day when it is made

80
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4318

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 18 And He said to me, Son of man, thus says the
  Lord GOD 'These are the ordinances for the altar
  on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt
  offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.
• READ EXODUS 4029
• 29 He put the altar of burnt offering before the
  door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,
  and offered upon it the burnt offering and the
  grain offering, as the LORD had commanded
  Moses. NKJV
• WHERE DID MOSES PUT THE ALTAR?
• before the door of the tabernacle

81
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4318

• 'These are the ordinances for the altar on the
  day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt
  offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.
• READ LEVITICUS 810-11
• 10 Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed
  the tabernacle and all that was in it, and
  consecrated them.
• 11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven
  times, anointed the altar and all its utensils,
  and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
  NKJV
• WHAT DID MOSES DO? WHY?
• Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the
  tabernacle and all that was in it and consecrated
  them
• He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven
  times
• He anointed the altar and all its utensils and
  the laver and its base, to consecrate them

82
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4318

• WHAT WERE THE ORDINANCES FOR THE ALTAR?
• READ LEVITICUS 15-9
• 5 He shall kill the bull before the LORD and
  the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood
  and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar
  that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
  
• 6 He shall skin the burnt offering and cut it
  into its pieces.
• 7 The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on
  the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire.
  
• 8 The priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the
  parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood
  that is on the fire upon the altar
• 9 He shall wash its entrails and its legs with
  water. The priest shall burn all on the altar as
  a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a
  sweet aroma to the LORD.

83
READ 1 KINGS 863-64

• 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace
  offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,000
  bulls and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the
  children of Israel dedicated the house of the
  LORD.
• 64 On the same day the king consecrated the
  middle of the court that was in front of the
  house of the LORD for there he offered burnt
  offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the
  peace offerings, because the bronze altar that
  was before the LORD was too small to receive the
  burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat
  of the peace offerings. NKJV
• WHAT DID SOLOMON DO? WHY?
• He consecrated the middle of the court
• that was in front of the house of the LORD
• BECAUSE
• the bronze altar that was before the LORD was
  too small

84
READ EZEKIEL 4319-21

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 19 You shall give a young bull for a sin
  offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of
  the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to
  Me,' says the Lord GOD.
• 20 You shall take some of its blood and put it
  on the four horns of the altar, on the four
  corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it
  thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for
  it.
• 21 Then you shall also take the bull of the sin
  offering, and burn it in the appointed place of
  the temple, outside the sanctuary.

85
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319-21

• 19 You shall give a young bull for a sin
  offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of
  the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to
  Me,' says the Lord GOD.
• 20 You shall take some of its blood and put it
  on the four horns of the altar, on the four
  corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it
  thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for
  it.
• 21 Then you shall also take the bull of the sin
  offering, and burn it in the appointed place of
  the temple, outside the sanctuary.
• WHO SHOULD THEY BRING THEIR SIN OFFERING TO?
• WAS EZEKEIL A PRIEST? WAS EZRA A PRIEST?
• WHAT SHOULD THEY DO WITH THIS SIN OFFERING?

86
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• 19 You shall give a young bull for a sin
  offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of
  the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to
  Me,' says the Lord GOD.
• WHO SHOULD THEY BRING THEIR SIN OFFERING TO?
• the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of
  Zadok
• who approach Me to minister to Me
• WHY?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO KORAH , DATHAN AND ABIRAM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?
• WHAT DID ELEAZAR DO? WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 1637-40

87
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?
• 37 Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to
  pick up the censers out of the blaze, for they
  are holy, and scatter the fire some distance
  away.
• 38 The censers of these men who sinned against
  their own souls, let them be made into hammered
  plates as a covering for the altar. Because they
  presented them before the LORD, therefore they
  are holy and they shall be a sign to the
  children of Israel
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO? WHY?
• Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest,
• to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for
  they are holy
• Let them be made into hammered plates
• as a covering for the altar
• They shall be a sign to the children of Israel

88
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• READ NUMBERS 1639-40
• 39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers,
  which those who were burned up had presented, and
  they were hammered out as a covering on the
  altar,
• 40 to be a memorial to the children of Israel
  that no outsider, who is not a descendant of
  Aaron, should come near to offer incense before
  the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and
  his companions, just as the LORD had said to him
  through Moses. NKJV
• WHAT DID ELEAZAR DO?
• He took the censers of those who were burned up
• They were hammered out as a covering on the
  altar
• WHY? SO THAT
• No outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron
• Should come near to offer incense before the
  LORD

89
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• WHO SHOULD THEY BRING THEIR SIN OFFERING TO?
• the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of
  Zadok
• who approach Me to minister to Me
• READ EZEKIEL 4046
• 46 The chamber which faces north is for the
  priests who have charge of the altar these are
  the sons of Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who
  come near the LORD to minister to Him. NKJV
• WHAT WERE THE NORTH CHAMBERS FOR?
• the priests who have charge of the altar
• the sons of Zadok, from the sons of Levi
• who come near the LORD to minister to Him

90
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• WHO SHOULD THEY BRING THEIR SIN OFFERING TO?
• the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of
  Zadok
• who approach Me to minister to Me
• READ EZEKIEL 13
• 3 the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel
  the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the
  Chaldeans by the River Chebar and the hand of
  the LORD was upon him there. NKJV
• WAS EZEKIEL A PRIEST?
• Ezekiel the priest

91
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4319

• READ EZRA 71-5
• 1 In the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia,
  Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the
  son of Hilkiah,
• 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son
  of Ahitub,
• 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the
  son of Meraioth,
• 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son
  of Bukki,
• 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the
  son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief
  priest- NKJV
• WAS EZRA A PRIEST?
• A HIGH PRIEST?

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4320

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 20 You shall take some of its blood and put it
  on the four horns of the altar, on the four
  corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it
  thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for
  it.
• WHAT WAS THE ORDINANCE OF THE ALTAR?
• You shall take some of its blood
• put it on the four horns of the altar
• on the four corners of the ledge
• on the rim around it
• WHY?
• Thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for
  it

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4320

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 20 You shall take some of its blood and put it
  on the four horns of the altar, on the four
  corners of the ledge, and on the rim around it
  thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for
  it.
• WHAT WAS THE ORDINANCE OF THE ALTAR?
• READ LEVITICUS 47
• 7 The priest shall put some of the blood on the
  horns of the altar of sweet incense before the
  LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting He
  shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the
  base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is
  at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. NKJV

94
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4320

• WHAT WAS THE ORDINANCE OF THE ALTAR?
• READ LEVITICUS 1618-19
• 18 He shall go out to the altar that is before
  the LORD, and make atonement for it, and shall
  take some of the blood of the bull and some of
  the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of
  the altar all around.
• 19 Then he shall sprinkle some of the blood on
  it with his finger seven times, cleanse it, and
  consecrate it from the uncleanness of the
  children of Israel. NKJV
• WHY?
• make atonement for it and consecrate it

95
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4321

• 21 Then you shall also take the bull of the sin
  offering, and burn it in the appointed place of
  the temple, outside the sanctuary.
• WHAT SHOULD THEY DO WITH THE SIN OFFERING?
• burn it in the appointed place of the temple
• outside the sanctuary
• READ EXODUS 2914
• 14 But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and
  its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the
  camp. It is a sin offering. NKJV (offal
  dung)?
• WHERE SHOULD THE SIN OFFERING BE BURNED?
• you shall burn with fire outside the camp

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4321

• 21 Then you shall also take the bull of the sin
  offering, and burn it in the appointed place of
  the temple, outside the sanctuary.
• WHAT SHOULD THEY DO WITH THE SIN OFFERING?
• burn it in the appointed place of the temple
• outside the sanctuary
• READ HEBREWS 1311
• 11 The bodies of those animals, whose blood is
  brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for
  sin, are burned outside the camp. NKJV
• WHERE SHOULD THE SIN OFFERING BE BURNED?
• burned outside the camp

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READ EZEKIEL 4322-24

• CONSECRATING THE ALTAR
• 22 On the second day you shall offer a kid of
  the goats without blemish for a sin offering and
  they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it
  with the bull.
• 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you
  shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a
  ram from the flock without blemish.
• 24 When you offer them before the LORD, the
  priests shall throw salt on them, and they will
  offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4322-24

• 22 On the second day you shall offer a kid of
  the goats without blemish for a sin offering and
  they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it
  with the bull.
• 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you
  shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a
  ram from the flock without blemish.
• 24 When you offer them before the LORD, the
  priests shall throw salt on them, and they will
  offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD.
• WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER?
• HOW SHOULD THEY CLEANSE THE ALTAR?
• WHAT SHOULD THE PREISTS DO WITH THEM?

99
QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4322-23

• 22 On the second day you shall offer a kid of
  the goats without blemish for a sin offering and
  they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it
  with the bull.
• 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you
  shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a
  ram from the flock without blemish.
• WHAT SHOULD THEY OFFER?
• a young bull and a ram without blemish
• READ LEVITICUS 2220
• 20 Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer,
  for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf.
  NKJV
• WHY?
• it shall not be acceptable on your behalf

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QUESTIONS EZEKIEL 4322-23

• 22 On the second day you shall offer a kid of
  the goats without blemish for a sin offering and
  they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it
  with the bull.
• 23 When you have finished cleansing it, you
  shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a
  ram from the flock without blemish.
• HOW SHOULD THEY CLEANSE THE ALTAR?
• they shall c