Discovery BoxEzekiel 8:5 
Context8:5 He said to me, “Son of man, look up toward 1 the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.
Ezekiel 40:46
Context40:46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him.”
Ezekiel 41:22
Context41:22 The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet 2 high, with its length 3½ feet; 3 its corners, its length, 4 and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”
Ezekiel 43:20
Context43:20 You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. 5
Ezekiel 43:22
Context43:22 “On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.
Ezekiel 43:27
Context43:27 When the prescribed period is over, 6 on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; 7 I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord.”
1 tn Heb “lift your eyes (to) the way of.”
2 tn Heb “three cubits” (i.e., 1.575 meters).
3 tn Heb “two cubits” (i.e., 1.05 meters).
4 tc So the Masoretic text. The LXX reads “base.”
5 sn Note the similar language in Lev 16:18.
6 tn Heb “and they will complete the days.”
7 sn The people also could partake of the food of the peace offering (Lev 3).
