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1 以後,他带我到一座,就是朝东的

2 以色列的荣光从东而。他的声音如同多水的声音就因他的荣耀发光。

3 其状如从前他灭城的时候我所见的异象,那异象如我在迦巴鲁边所见的异象,我就俯伏在地。

4 耶和华的荣光从朝东的照入殿中。

5 灵将我举起入内院,不料,耶和华的荣光充满了殿。

6 见有一位从殿中对我说话。有一站在我旁边。

7 他对我:人子啊,这是我宝座之地,是我掌所踏之地。我要在这里住,在以色列人中直到永远以色列家和他们的君必不再玷污我的名,就是行邪淫、在锡安的处葬埋他们君的尸首,

8 使他们的门槛挨近我的门槛,他们的门框挨近我的门框;他们与我中间仅隔一,并且行可憎的事,玷污了我的名,所以我发怒灭绝他们。

9 现在他们当从我面前远除邪淫和他们君的尸首,我就住在他们中间直到永远

10 人子啊,你要将这殿指示以色列家,使他们因自己的罪孽惭愧,也要他们量殿的尺寸。

11 他们若因自己所行的一切事惭愧,你就将殿的规模、样式、出入之处,和一切形状、典章、礼仪、则指示他们,在他们眼前上,使他们遵照殿的一切规模典章去做。

12 殿的法则乃是如此:殿在顶上,四围的全界要称为至。这就是殿的法则。

13 以下量祭坛,是以肘为度(这肘是肘零掌)。底座肘,边宽肘,四围起边掌,这是的座。

14 从底座到下层磴台,肘,边宽肘。从小磴台到磴台,肘,边宽肘。

15 坛上的供台,肘。供台的拐角上都有角。

16 供台长十二肘,宽十二肘,面见方;

17 磴台长十四肘,宽十四肘,面见方。围起边高半肘,底座围的边,宽一肘。

18 祂对我:“人子啊,耶和华如此:建造祭坛,为要在其上献燔祭洒血,造成的时候典章如下。

19 耶和华,你要将一只公牛犊作为赎祭,祭司利未人撒督的後裔,就是那亲近我、事奉我的。

20 你要取些公牛的血,抹在坛的角和磴台的拐角,并围所起的边上。你这样洁净坛,坛就洁净了。

21 你又要将那作赎祭的公牛犊烧在殿外、圣地之外预定之处。

22 次日,要将无残疾的公山羊献为赎祭;要洁净,像用公牛犊洁净的一样。

23 洁净了坛,就要将一只无残疾的公牛犊和羊群中一只无残疾的公绵

24 奉到耶和华前。祭司要撒在其上,献与耶和华为燔祭。

25 日内,每日要预备一只公山羊为赎祭,也要预备一只公牛犊和羊群中的一只公绵,都要没有残疾的。

26 日祭司洁净就洁净了;要这样把分别为圣。

27 满了七日,自八日以後,祭司要在上献你们的燔祭和平安祭;我必悦纳你们。这是耶和华的。

   

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People around a village gate, by Adrianus Eversen

Gates" in ancient times had a significance that does not hold in the modern world. Cities then were enclosed by walls for protection; gates in the walls let people in and out to do their business, but were also the weak points in the cities' defenses. In the Bible, cities on one level represent the minds of individual people. On a broader level, they represent beliefs shared by a community. The gates, then, represent openings where the Lord can feed us an understanding of truth and a desire for good. They also represent points where the hells can invade and sway us with false ideas and evil desires. We are kept in balance during our lifetimes, with influences from both the Lord and from hell. Ideally, we will over our lifetimes continue to invite the Lord farther and farther in and drive the hells back until ultimately the Lord can occupy our minds completely. And that point our belief in Him and His power and love will hold the gates and deny evil any entrance. As individuals, we at that point become angels. As communities, we at that point become part of the Lord's church. And at that point the gates become an entry point, introductory truths that allow people to enter churches and start bringing the Lord into their lives.