Ezekiel · Chapter 43

[ edit] And he ladde me out at þe ȝate, þat byhelde to þe eeſt waye. And loo! þe glorie of God of Yrael entride by þe eeſt waye; and a voice was to hym, as þe voice of many watris, and þe erþe ſhoone of þe maieſte of hym. And I ſawȝ a viſioun, after þe fourme whiche I ſawȝ, whan he came for to diſtruye þe citee; and þe fourme after þe biholding whom I ſawȝ byſydis þe flood Cobar. And I felle vpon my face, and þe maieſte of þe Lord entride þe temple, by þe waye of þe ȝate þat biheelde to þe eeſt. And þe Spirit reyſide me, and ledde me yn, in to þe ynner hous; and loo! þe hous was fulfilled wiþ glorie of þe Lord. And I herde þe ſpekyng to me of þe hous.

And þe man þat ſtoode byſidis me, ſaide to me, Sone of man, þe place of my ſeete, and þe place of ſteppis of my feet, wher Y dwelle in þe mydil of þe ſones of Yrael in to wiþ outen eende; and þe hous of Yrael ſhuln na more defoule myn holy name, þei, and þe kyngus of hem, in her fornicaciouns, and in fallyngus of her kyngus, and in heeȝ þingus. Whiche forgiden her þresfold byſydis my þresfold, and her poſtis byſidis my poſtis, and a wall was bitwix hem and me; and þei defouliden myn holy name in abominaciouns whiche þei diden; for whiche I waſtide hem in my wraþ. Now þerfore putte þei ferr her fornicaciouns, and fallyngus of her kyngus fro me; and I ſhal dwelle in þe mydil of hem euermore.

Forſoþe þou, ſone of man, ſhewe to þe hous of Yrael þe temple, and be þei confoundid of her wickidneſſis; and mete þei þe makyng, and ſhame þei of alle þingus þat þei diden. Þou ſhalt ſhewe to hem þe figure of þe hous, and makyng þerof; þe outgoyngus, and þe yngoingus, and al diſcryuyng þerof, and alle maundementus þerof, and al þe ordre þerof, and alle lawis þerof, and þou ſhalt write in þe eeȝen of hem; þat þei keepe alle diſcryuyngus þerof, and preceptis þerof, and do hem. Þis is lawe of þe hous, in heeȝneſſe of mount; alle þe eendis þerof in cumpas is þe holy of halewis; þerfore þis is þe lawe of þe hous.

Þeſe ſoþely þe meſures of þe auter in a cubit moſt verre, þat hadde a cubit and an hond; and þe boſum þerof was a cubit in lengþe, and a cubit in breede; and þe diffynyng, or certeyntee, þerof vn to þe lippe, or brynke, þerof in cumpas, o palme, or hond; and þis was þe diche, or holowneſſe, of þe auter. And fro þe boſum of þe erþe vn to þe laſt heiȝt, or brinke, two cubitis, and þe breede of oo cubit; and fro þe leſſe heiȝt, or auter, to þe more heiȝt, or auter, foure cubitis, and þe breede of oo cubit; forſoþe þe ylk ariel, or auter, of foure cubitis, and fro ariel vn to aboue, foure corners.

And þe ariel, or auter, of twelfe cubitis in lengþe, by twelue cubitis of breede, foure cornered wiþ euen ſydis. And þe heiȝt, or brynke, of fourtene cubitis of lengþe by fourtene cubitis of breede, in four corners þerof. And a croune in cumpas þerof of half a cubit, and þe boſum þerof of oo cubit by cumpas; forſoþe þe greſe þerof turnyd to þe eeſt. And he ſaide to me, Sone of man, þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Þeſe ben þe rytis, or obſeruaunces, of þe auter, in what euer day it ſhal be forgid, þat brent ſacrifice be offrid þer vpon, and bloode be ſhed out.

And þou ſhalt ȝeue to preſtis and dekenys, þat ben of þe ſeed of Sadoch, þat cumen to me, ſaiþ þe Lord God, þat þei offre to me a calf of þe droue for ſynne don. And þou, takyng to of þe bloode þerof, ſhalt putte vpon four corners þerof, and vpon four corners of þe heiȝt, and vpon þe crown in cumpas; and þou ſhalt clenſe it, and fully make clene. And þou ſhalt take þe calf þat was offrid for ſynne don, and þou ſhalt brenne hym in a departid place of þe hous, wiþ outen þe ſayntuarye. And in þe ſecounde day þou ſhalt offre a buc of geet vnſpottid for ſynne don; and þei ſhuln fully clenſe þe auter, as þei clenſiden in þe calf.

And whann þou haſt fulfillid þat clenſyng, þou ſhalt offre a calf vnſpottid of þe droue, and a weþer, or ram, vnſpottid of þe floc. And þou ſhalt offre hem in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord; and preſtis ſhuln ſende ſalt vpon hem, and ſhuln offre hem in to brent ſacrifice to þe Lord. Seuen days þou ſhalt make þe geet buc for ſynne, day by day; and þe calf of þe drooue, and þe weþer of þe ſheep þei ſhuln offre hem vnſpottid. Seuen days þei ſhuln fulli make clene þe auter, and ſhuln clenſe it, and ſhuln fulfille þe hond þerof.

Forſoþe ſeuen days fulfillid, in þe eiȝt day and ouer preſtis ſhuln do ȝour brent ſacrifices vpon þe auter, and whiche þei offren for pees; and I ſhal be pleſid to ȝou, ſaiþ þe Lord God.