Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSeven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
Seven days they purify the altar, and have cleansed it, and filled their hand.
Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it, and consecrate it.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)