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Anonymous Zadokite priest ensemble beside clean altar with covered offering vessel and plain tools; no slaughter, exposed blood or bodily deity.
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Ezekiel 43:18-20

Consecration instructed

Glory Returns and the Altar Is Consecrated · Ezekiel 43

Story guide: Visionary imagery is interpretive, not an authoritative historical reconstruction; exact altar dimensions and prescribed offerings remain in Scripture. No bodily depiction of Yahweh, the Spirit, violence, or blood.

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18And he said to me, “Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: These are the statutes of the altar on the day it is made, for offering burnt offerings on it and for sprinkling blood on it.”

19And you shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord GOD, a bull from the herd for a sin offering.

20And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; so you shall purify it and make atonement for it.

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