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Ezek. 43:1–5 The return of God’s glory to the temple is one of the most dramatic moments in the book. His return is the counterpart to his departure in 10:18–22 and 11:23. It also completes the temple tour: all that was lacking from this sacred space was God. However, this moment also forms a new beginning. The arrival of God’s glory in his temple begins a new era in the relationship between God and the people. This becomes the focus of the rest of the vision.
Ezek. 43:6–46:18 The emphasis now is on the activities that are to take place in the temple. The main altar and its round of sacrifices is the first element put in place (43:13–27). The identification of the prince’s gate in 44:1–3 introduces the regulations concerning access to the temple area and the rules governing priests (44:4–31). Chapter 45 includes the arrangements of the lands around the temple (45:1–6), exhortations to justice (45:9–12), and regulations concerning offerings and sacrifices, Sabbaths, and festivals (45:13–46:15). Instructions concerning the “prince” are interspersed but are emphasized at 45:7–8 and 46:16–18. There is no other OT body of legislation like this outside the Pentateuch, which is probably why it is called the law of the temple (43:12). Thus Ezekiel can be seen as a second Moses, meeting with God on the mount of the new temple.
Ezek. 43:6–12 God’s return to the temple sets everything right again, but his holiness places demands on his people. Verses 7–9 combine promise and warning. The bond between God and his people is unbreakable (I will dwell . . . forever, v. 7) but he will not tolerate their earlier idolatry (vv. 8–9). This temple (v. 10) has no royal palace next to it to defile it, in contrast to Solomon’s temple/palace complex (see 1 Kings 7:8). As Ezek. 43:11–12 makes clear, these measurements and regulations are not merely interesting details but communicate something of the character of God.
Ezek. 43:13–17 The altar’s design is described. The altar is square, like the temple itself, with a horn at each corner (e.g., Ex. 29:12; Ps. 118:27).
Ezek. 43:18–27 This section describes the purification rituals required for the altar before it is ready for regular use.
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