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18 Then the man said to me, “Human being, this is what the Lord God says: These are the rules for the altar. When it is built, use these rules to offer burnt offerings and sprinkle blood on it. 19 You must give a young bull as a sin offering to the priests. These priests are the Levites from the family of Zadok. They come near me to serve me, says the Lord God. 20 Take some of the bull’s blood and put it on the altar’s four corners. Put it also on the four corners of the ledge. And put it on the border all around. This is how you will make the altar pure and ready for God’s service.

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18 Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: These will be the regulations for sacrificing burnt offerings(A) and splashing blood(B) against the altar when it is built: 19 You are to give a young bull(C) as a sin offering[a] to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok,(D) who come near(E) to minister before me, declares the Sovereign Lord. 20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar(F) and on the four corners of the upper ledge(G) and all around the rim, and so purify the altar(H) and make atonement for it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 43:19 Or purification offering; also in verses 21, 22 and 25