1. The man led me to the east gate.
2. There the Glory of the God of Israel came from the east. God’s voice was loud like the sound of the sea. The ground was bright with the light from the Glory of God.
3. The vision that I saw was like the vision I saw by the Kebar Canal. I bowed with my face to the ground.
4. The Glory of the Lord came into the Temple through the east gate.
5. Then the Spirit picked me up and brought me into the inner courtyard. The Glory of the Lord filled the Temple.
6. I heard someone speaking to me from inside the Temple. The man was still standing beside me.
7. The voice from the Temple said to me, “Son of man, this is the place with my throne and footstool. I will live in this place among the people of Israel forever. The family of Israel will not ruin my holy name again. The kings and their people will not bring shame to my name by committing sexual sins or by burying the dead bodies of their kings in this place.
8. They will not bring shame to my name by putting their threshold next to my threshold, and their doorposts next to my doorposts. In the past, only a wall separated them from me. So they brought shame to my name every time they sinned and did those terrible things. That is why I became angry and destroyed them.
9. Now let them take their sexual sins and the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.
10. “Now, son of man, tell the family of Israel about the Temple. Then, when they learn about the plans for the Temple, they will be ashamed of their sins.
11. And they will be ashamed of all the bad things they have done. Let them know the design of the Temple. Let them know how it should be built, where the entrances and exits are, and all the designs on it. Teach them about all its rules and all its laws. Write these things for everyone to see so that they can obey all the laws and rules for the Temple.
12. This is the law of the Temple: The whole area surrounding it on the top of the mountain is most holy. This is the law of the Temple.