Ezekiel 43:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.”

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BSBPD

“This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“This <FI>is<Fi> a law of the house: on the top of the mountain, all its border all round about <FI>is<Fi> most holy; lo, this <FI>is<Fi> a law of the house.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 43:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 93:5Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.
  2. Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
  3. Ezekiel 42:20So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
  4. Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
  5. Zechariah 14:20On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
  6. Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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