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

10“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern. 11When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design – all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them. “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple. 13“And these are the measurements of the altar: Its base is 1¾ feet high, and 1¾ feet wide, and its border nine inches on its edge. This is to be the height of the altar. 14From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3½ feet, and the width 1¾ feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, 7 feet, and the width 1¾ feet;

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• Upon the topרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
• of the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• the whole limitגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: areaH1366
• thereof round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Ezekiel 43:12

• Ezekiel 40:2By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.
• Ezekiel 42:20He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
• Psalms 93:5The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.
• Joel 3:17You will be convinced that I the Lord am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy – conquering armies will no longer pass through it.
• Zechariah 14:20On that day the bells of the horses will bear the inscription “Holy to the Lord.” The cooking pots in the Lord’s temple will be as holy as the bowls in front of the altar.
• Revelation 21:27but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, 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