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Ezekiel 43:23

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.

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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.
Contemporary English Version
Then choose a young bull and a young ram that have nothing wrong with them,
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.
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 And these are the measures of the altar by cubits--the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar. 14 And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 15 And the hearth shall be four cubits; and from the hearth and upward there shall be four horns. 16 And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof. 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.' 18 And He said unto me: 'Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, and to dash blood against it. 19 Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto Me, to minister unto Me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin-offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about; thus shalt thou purify it and make atonement for it. 21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall purify the altar, as they did purify it with the bullock.

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Cross-References

Genesis 42:24
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
Genesis 42:28
And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?'
Genesis 42:36
And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.'
Genesis 43:14
and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'
Judges 6:23
And the LORD said unto him: 'Peace be unto thee; fear not; thou shalt not die.'
Judges 19:20
And the old man said: 'Peace be unto thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the broad place.'
1 Samuel 25:6
and thus ye shall say: All hail! and peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
1 Chronicles 12:18
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them: 'If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and give judgment.'
Ezra 4:17
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the commander, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the River: 'Peace, and now

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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