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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
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Day 433

"The altar was in front of the temple"

Text: Ezekiel 40:47

THE PRESENCE OF AN ALTAR

The measurements of both Courts of the Temple were given meticulous attention. This suggests that the Temple described would be a literal temple rather than a figurative one.

“And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple. Then he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side. The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.”
Ezekiel 40:47-49

1. The things that were described.

a) The Court.

b) The Vestibule.

c) The Doorposts of the vestibule.

d) The Gateway:

i) The length.

ii) The width.

e) The pillars:

i) In the Temple built by Solomon there were two Pillars.

ii) The two pillars were called Jachin (right side) and Boaz (left side).

iii) This was noted in 1 Kings 7:21.

iv) There would be two special pillars too.

2. The altar.

a) An altar would be added.

b) But there was no Laver for the cleansing of the priests.