Ezekiel 43:12

Ezekiel 43:12 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area on top of the mountain will be most holy. Such is the law of the temple.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the law of the temple: the whole territory on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

Context of Ezekiel 43:12

10As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan, 11and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out. This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple. 13These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar: 14The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

Ezekiel 43:12 word by word

זֹ֖את תּוֹרַ֣ת הַבָּ֑יִת עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָ֠הָר כָּל־גְּבֻל֞וֹ סָבִ֤יב׀ סָבִיב֙ קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָדָשִׁ֔ים הִנֵּה־זֹ֖את תּוֹרַ֥ת הַבָּֽיִת׃Read the interlinear

• Thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• is the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of the templeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• its surroundingסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• territoryגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• will be most holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• Yesהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:12

• Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
• Ezekiel 42:20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
• Psalms 93:5Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
• Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
• Zechariah 14:20On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
• Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12This is the law of the house - From the top of the mountain on which it stands, to the bottom, all round about, all shall be holy; no buildings shall be erected in any part, nor place nor spot be appropriated to a common use; all shall be considered as being most holy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12See also Ezekiel 47:12. This is the law of the ordinance of the new sanctuary. After the consecration, God pronounces the “law” which is to govern the ordinances of the sanctuary (compare Revelation 21:27), and then proceeding to specific ordinances commencing with the altar.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Israel had to be completely holy if the holy God was to live among them forever.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. whole ... most holy--This superlative, which had been used exclusively of the holy of holies (Ex 26:34), was now to characterize the entire building. This all-pervading sanctity was to be "the law of the (whole) house," as distinguished from the Levitical law, which confined the peculiar sanctity to a single apartment of it.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 43:12

• House of God

In the dictionaries

• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Limit
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

Commentaries on Ezekiel 43

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings