Ezekiel 43:20 “You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the…”

Ezekiel 43:20

You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 cleanse and purge it.

World English Bible

You shall take of its blood and put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around. You shall cleanse it and make atonement for it that way.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and make atonement for it.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the foure hornes of it, and on the foure corners of the frame, and vpon the border round about: thus shalt thou clense it, and reconcile it.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt take of its blood, and put it on the four horns thereof, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: so shalt thou purge and make atonement for it.

Young's Literal Translation

And thou hast taken of its blood, and hast put it on its four horns, and on the four corners of its border, and on the border round about, and hast cleansed it, and purified it.

Bible in Basic English

You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns and on the four angles of the shelf and on the edge all round: and you are to make it clean and free from sin.

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Cross references

“take”

Leviticus 8:15 Exodus 29:12 Exodus 29:36 Leviticus 9:9 Leviticus 4:25 Leviticus 4:30

Leviticus 8:15 · BSB

Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so t…

Exodus 29:12 · BSB

Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Exodus 29:36 · BSB

Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.

Leviticus 9:9 · BSB

The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 4:25 · BSB

Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 4:30 · BSB

Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

“and on the four”

Ezekiel 43:16 Ezekiel 43:17

Ezekiel 43:16 · BSB

The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.

Ezekiel 43:17 · BSB

The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”

“thus shalt”

Leviticus 16:19 Ezekiel 43:22 Ezekiel 43:26 Hebrews 9:21–23

Leviticus 16:19 · BSB

He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

Ezekiel 43:22 · BSB

On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.

Ezekiel 43:26 · BSB

For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.

Hebrews 9:21–23 · BSB

In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

21Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.

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