"This {is} the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about {shall be} most holy. B…" — Ezekiel 43:12

Ezekiel 43:12 · KJV

“This {is} the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about {shall be} most holy. Behold, this {is} the law of the house.”

— Ezekiel 43:12

Verse 11

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write {it} in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

Verse 13

And these {are} the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit {is} a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom {shall be} a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about {shall be} a span: and this {shall be} the higher place of the altar. {bottom: Heb. bosom} {edge: Heb. lip}

Ezekiel 43 — Context

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. {pattern: or, sum, or, number}

This {is} the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about {shall be} most holy. Behold, this {is} the law of the house.

And from the bottom {upon} the ground {even} to the lower settle {shall be} two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle {even} to the greater settle {shall be} four cubits, and the breadth {one} cubit.

Cross References

Ezekiel 40:2

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which {was} as the frame of a city on the south. {by which: or, upon which}

Revelation 21:27

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither {whatsoever} worketh abomination, or {maketh} a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Psalms 93:5

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}

Joel 3:17

So shall ye know that I {am} the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. {holy: Heb. holiness}

Ezekiel 42:20

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred {reeds} long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

Zechariah 14:20-21

In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. {bells: or, bridles}