Ezekiel 43:11
in Ezekiel 43and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known unto them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the egresses thereof, and the entrances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
KJV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 43
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
describe the temple to the people of Israel
on Ezekiel 43:10-12
The purpose of nine chapters of measuring is stated only now, to “describe the temple to the people of Israel” so they may be ashamed. The law of the temple follows in one sentence, “All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy.”
This site's exposition
Write it down in their sight
Ezekiel is told to write the plan while the people watch, so the design becomes a written law they can keep. Moses likewise received a pattern for the tabernacle (Exodus 25:9, 40). The plan is given to those who are ashamed.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
But the house and law of all the commandments of God, and the city which is situated on the top of the mountain, that is to be believed, as it is written: A city cannot be hidden when it is situated on a mountain. And: The rushing of the river makes the city of God rejoice: which clearly refers to the Church, and is located on that mountain, which is at the top of all mountains, and from which the prince of Tyre was wounded: and all the borders and boundaries of this house are holy of holies.
(Verse 10 and following) But you, son of man, show the house of Israel the temple: and let them be confounded by their iniquities, and let them measure the structure, and let them be ashamed of all that they have done. Show them the form of the house and its structure, its exits and entrances, and all its descriptions and all its laws. Show them the entire order and all its laws, and write them in their sight, that they may keep all its arrangements and its laws, and do them.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done,....
Show them these ordinances, that they may keep them and do them. Note, Therefore we are made to know our duty, that we may do it, and be blessed in our deed. He promises that they shall be such as they should be, and then he will be to them such as they would have him to be,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And if they be ashamed - If, in a spirit of true repentance, they acknowledge their past transgressions, and purpose in his help never more to offend their God, then teach them every thing that concerns my worship, and their profiting by it.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And if they are ashamed i.e., [if] they will be embarrassed and hide their faces because of all they did, then let them know what I am destined to do for them.
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You, Son of man, describe etc., that they may be ashamed of their iniquities when I show them My loving-kindness that I do not reject them for their iniquity.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
32 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִֽם־ | veim- | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| נִכְלְמ֞וּ | nikhlemu | they are ashamed | H3637 → | 38 times |
| מִכֹּ֣ל | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשׂ֗וּ | ʾasu | they have done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| צוּרַ֣ת | tzurat | [the] design of | H6699 → | 4 times |
| הַבַּ֡יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וּתְכוּנָת֡וֹ | utekhunato | and arrangement its | H8498 → | |
| וּמוֹצָאָ֡יו | umotzaav | and exits its | H4161 → | 27 times |
| וּמוֹבָאָ֣יו | umoaav | and entrances its | H4126 → | |
| וְֽכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צֽוּרֹתָ֡יו | tzurotav | designs its | H6699 → | 4 times |
| וְאֵ֣ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֻקֹּתָיו֩ | chukotav | statutes its | H2708 → | 104 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צ֨וּרֹתָ֤יו | tzurotaiv | designs its | H6699 → | 4 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| תּוֹרֹתָיו֙ | torotov | laws its | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הוֹדַ֣ע | hoda' | make known to | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אוֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וּכְתֹ֖ב | ukheto | and write | H3789 → | 224 times |
| לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם | leeineihem | to eyes their | H5869 → | 887 times |
| וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּ | veyishmeru | so they may keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צוּרָת֛וֹ | tzurato | design its | H6699 → | 4 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֻקֹּתָ֖יו | chukotav | statutes its | H2708 → | 104 times |
| וְעָשׂ֥וּ | veasu | and they will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אוֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וְאִֽם־and if
veim-H518 →1069 times
נִכְלְמ֞וּthey are ashamed
nikhlemuH3637 →38 times
מִכֹּ֣לfrom all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשׂ֗וּthey have done
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
צוּרַ֣ת[the] design of
tzuratH6699 →4 times
הַבַּ֡יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
וּתְכוּנָת֡וֹand arrangement its
utekhunatoH8498 →
וּמוֹצָאָ֡יוand exits its
umotzaavH4161 →27 times
וּמוֹבָאָ֣יוand entrances its
umoaavH4126 →
וְֽכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
צֽוּרֹתָ֡יוdesigns its
tzurotavH6699 →4 times
וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֻקֹּתָיו֩statutes its
chukotavH2708 →104 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
צ֨וּרֹתָ֤יוdesigns its
tzurotaivH6699 →4 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
תּוֹרֹתָיו֙laws its
torotovH8451 →219 times
הוֹדַ֣עmake known to
hoda'H3045 →945 times
אוֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וּכְתֹ֖בand write
ukhetoH3789 →224 times
לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םto eyes their
leeineihemH5869 →887 times
וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּso they may keep
veyishmeruH8104 →468 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
צוּרָת֛וֹdesign its
tzuratoH6699 →4 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֻקֹּתָ֖יוstatutes its
chukotavH2708 →104 times
וְעָשׂ֥וּand they will do
veasuH6213 →2628 times
אוֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Titus 3:3–6
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- Hebrews 13:21
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ezekiel 39:29
And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Jeremiah 31:33
Through
Hebrews 8:5The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you…
it leads to
- Exodus 25:40
See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.
- Hebrews 10:1
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near…
- Exodus 25:40
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.