Ezekiel 43 · Verse 20

Ezekiel 43:20

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.
Ezekiel 43:20, King James Version

Ezekiel 43:20 in other translations

BSBYou 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.
WEBYou 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEYou 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.
WebsterAnd thou shalt take of his blood, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border around: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

What does Ezekiel 43:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 43:13-27

13-27. As to the altar of burnt offering, which was the appointed means of access to God.

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Ezekiel 43:20 in the original Hebrew

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
מִדָּמ֗וֹmi.da.Mosome of blood itsH1818
וְנָ֨תַתָּ֜הve.Na.ta.Tahand you will put [it]H5414
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אַרְבַּ֤ע'ar.Ba'[the] fourH702
קַרְנֹתָיו֙kar.no.Tavhorns itsH7161
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
אַרְבַּע֙'ar.Ba'[the] fourH702
פִּנּ֣וֹתpi.Not[the] corners ofH6438
הָעֲזָרָ֔הha.'a.za.Rahthe ledgeH5835
וְאֶֽל\־ve.'el-and toH413
הַגְּב֖וּלha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366
סָבִ֑יבsa.Vivall aroundH5439
וְחִטֵּאתָ֥ve.chi.te.Taand you will cleanse from sinH2398
אוֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
וְכִפַּרְתָּֽהוּ\׃ve.khi.par.Ta.huand you will make atonement for itH3722

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Cross references for Ezekiel 43:20

  • Leviticus 8:15

    And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

  • Leviticus 16:19

    And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

  • Leviticus 9:9

    And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

  • Exodus 29:12

    And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

  • Ezekiel 43:22

    And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.

  • Exodus 29:36

    And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

  • Ezekiel 43:26

    Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

  • Leviticus 4:34

    And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

  • Ezekiel 43:15-17

    So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

  • Hebrews 9:21-23

    Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Leviticus 4:30

    And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

  • Leviticus 4:25

    And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering.

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take.
15; Ex 29:12,36; Le 4:25,30,34; 8:15; 9:9
and on the four.
16,17
thus shalt.
22,26; Le 16:19; Heb 9:21-23

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Context

  • Ezekiel 43:19

    And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.

  • Ezekiel 43:20

    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.

  • Ezekiel 43:21

    Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.

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Ezekiel 43:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomarás de su sangre, y pondrás en los cuatro cuernos del altar, y en las cuatro esquinas del área, y en el borde alrededor: así lo limpiarás y purificarás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu prendras de son sang, et tu le mettras sur les quatre cornes de l’autel, et sur les quatre coins de la banquette, et sur le rebord, tout à l’entour; et tu le purifieras, et tu feras propitiation pour lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du sollst von seinem Blute nehmen und es an seine vier Hörner tun und an die vier Ecken der Umwandung und an das Gesims ringsum; und so sollst du ihn entsündigen und Sühnung für ihn tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et assumens de sanguine ejus, pones super quatuor cornua ejus, et super quatuor angulos crepidinis, et super coronam in circuitu: et mundabis illud et expiabis.