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Ezekiel 43:23

Then choose a young bull and a young ram that have nothing wrong with them,

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- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
Hebrew Names Version
When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
King James Version
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
English Standard Version
When you have finished purifying it, you shall offer a bull from the herd without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.
New American Standard Bible
'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
New Century Version
When you finish making the altar pure and ready, offer a young bull and a male sheep from the flock, which have nothing wrong with them.
Amplified Bible
'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When thou hast made an ende of clensing it, thou shalt offer a yong bullocke without blemish, & a ram out of the flocke without blemish.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
Legacy Standard Bible
When you have finished purifying it, you shall present a bull from the herd without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
Berean Standard Bible
When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
Complete Jewish Bible
When you have finished purifying it, you are to offer a young bull without defect and a ram from the flock without defect.
Darby Translation
When thou hast ended purging it, thou shalt present a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish;
Easy-to-Read Version
When you have finished making the altar pure, you will offer a young bull that has nothing wrong with it and a ram from the flock that has nothing wrong with it.
George Lamsa Translation
When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Good News Translation
When you have finished doing that, take a young bull and a young ram, both of them without any defects,
Lexham English Bible
When you are finished from purifying, you must offer a bull, a calf, without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect.
Literal Translation
When you have finished cleansing, you shall bring a bull without blemish, a son of the herd, and a ram without blemish out of the flock.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now when thou hast made it clene, then offre a yonge bullocke without blemish, and a ramme out of the flocke without blemish also:
American Standard Version
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Bible in Basic English
And after you have made it clean, let a young ox without a mark be offered, and a male sheep from the flock without a mark.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
King James Version (1611)
When thou hast made an ende of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a yong bullocke without blemish, and a ramme out of the flocke, without blemish.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Now when thou hast made an ende of cleansing it, then offer a young bullocke without blemishe, and a ramme out of the flocke without blemishe also.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after they have finished the atonement, they shall bring an unblemished calf of the herd, and an unblemished ram of the flock.
English Revised Version
When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
World English Bible
When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thou hast fillid that clensyng, thou schalt offre a calf of the drooue, which calf is without wem, and a wether with out wem of the floc.
Update Bible Version
When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
Webster's Bible Translation
When thou hast made an end of cleansing [it], thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
New English Translation
When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
New King James Version
When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.
New Living Translation
When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.
New Life Bible
When you have finished making it clean, you must give a young bull that is perfect, and a ram from the flock that is perfect.
New Revised Standard
When you have finished purifying it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When thou hast made an end of cleansing from sin, thou shalt bring near a young bullock without defect, and a ram out of the flock without defect;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou shalt have made an end of the expiation thereof, thou shalt offer a calf of the herd without blemish, and a ram of the flock without blemish.
Revised Standard Version
When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish.
Young's Literal Translation
In thy finishing cleansing, thou dost bring near a calf, a son of the herd, a perfect one, and a ram out of the flock, a perfect one.

Contextual Overview

13 According to the official standards, the altar in the temple had the following measurements: Around the bottom of the altar was a gutter twenty inches wide and twenty inches deep, with a ten inch ledge on the outer rim. 14The altar rested on a base and had three sections, each one of them square. The bottom section was twenty-seven feet on each side and three feet high. The middle section was twenty-four feet on each side and seven feet high, and it had a ten inch rim around its outer edge. The top section, which was twenty feet on each side and seven feet high, was the place where sacrifices were burned, and the four corners of the top section looked like the horns of a bull. The steps leading up to the altar were on the east side. 18 The Lord God said: Ezekiel, son of man, after the altar is built, it must be dedicated by offering sacrifices on it and by splattering it with blood. Here is what you must do: 19 The priests of the Levi tribe from the family of Zadok the priest are the only ones who may serve in my temple—this is my law. So give them a young bull to slaughter as a sacrifice for sin. 20 Take some of the animal's blood and smear it on the four corners of the altar, some on the corners of the middle section, and some more on the rim around its edge. That will purify the altar and make it fit for offering sacrifices to me. 21 Then take the body of the bull outside the temple area and burn it at the special place. 22 The next day, a goat that has nothing wrong with it must be offered as a sacrifice for sin. Purify the altar with its blood, just as you did with the blood of the bull. 23 Then choose a young bull and a young ram that have nothing wrong with them, 24 and bring them to my temple. The priests will sprinkle salt on them and offer them as sacrifices to please me. 25 Each day for the next seven days, you must offer a goat and a bull and a ram as sacrifices for sin. These animals must have nothing wrong with them.

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Cross-References

Genesis 42:24
Joseph turned away from them and cried, but soon he turned back and spoke to them again. Then he had Simeon tied up and taken away while they watched.
Genesis 42:28
"Here's my money!" he told his brothers. "Right here in my sack." They were trembling with fear as they stared at one another and asked themselves, "What has God done to us?"
Genesis 42:36
who said, "You have already taken my sons Joseph and Simeon from me. And now you want to take away Benjamin! Everything is against me."
Genesis 43:14
When you go in to see the governor, I pray that God All-Powerful will be good to you and that the governor will let your other brother and Benjamin come back home with you. If I must lose my children, I suppose I must.
Judges 6:23
"Calm down!" the Lord told Gideon. "There's nothing to be afraid of. You're not going to die."
Judges 19:20
The old man said, "You are welcome to spend the night in my home and to be my guest, but don't stay out here!"
1 Chronicles 12:18
Amasai, who later became the leader of the Thirty Warriors, was one of these men who went to David. God's Spirit took control of him, and he said, "We will join you, David son of Jesse! You and your followers will always be successful, because God fights on your side." So David agreed to let them stay, and he even put them in charge of his soldiers who raided enemy villages.
Ezra 4:17
King Artaxerxes answered: Greetings to Governor Rehum, Secretary Shimshai, and to your advisors in Samaria and other parts of Western Province.
Luke 10:5
As soon as you enter a home, say, "God bless this home with peace."
Luke 24:36
While Jesus' disciples were talking about what had happened, Jesus appeared and greeted them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When thou hast made an end of cleansing it,.... The altar, by the sacrifices of the bullock and the kid, on the first and second days; then, on the third day,

thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish; all these sacrifices point at the one sacrifice of Christ; which was pure and perfect, and once offered up for the sins of many, and needs no reiteration; only the doctrine of it is to be frequently inculcated in the ministry of the word and ordinances.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was, on each of the seven days, a burnt-offering of a bullock and a ram, preceded by a “sin-offereng of a bullock” on the first day, and of a “kid of the goats” on the other days.

Ezekiel 43:24

Salt is here added to the “burnt-offering” to express still more the idea of purification. In the second temple no sacrifice was complete without the use of salt, and the rabbis assert that there was a great heap of salt close to the altar, always ready for use, and that the inclined plane to the altar was kept covered with salt. Compare Mark 9:49.

Ezekiel 43:26

Consecrate themselves - literally, as in the margin. Leviticus 8:27. The priests are already consecrated, but the memory of their consecration was thus kept up at the dedication of the altar.


 
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