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The Temple, The Lord’s Dwelling Place
This is a culmination of chapters 40-42 because God’s glory returns to the temple. God addresses Ezekiel from its holy place. The remainder of the vision (and the book) is concerned with the final message that Ezekiel is to convey to his people. This vision falls into thr …

Consecrating the Altar
The substance of the prophet’s vision now returns to a description of parts of the temple area and regulations concerning the temple’s future use. At the very heart of the temple was its altar; the prophet first describes the altar, and then indicates the procedures by whic …