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The book of Ezekiel started out with a bang. Ezekiel was on the river and saw the awesome sight of God\u2019s chariot flying towards the sky. The chapter was so mysterious that the rabbis were wary of people studying the chapter. Now, towards the end of the book, the chariot returns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The vision was like the vision I had seen when I came to destroy the city, the very same vision that I had seen by the Chebar Canal. Forthwith, I fell on my face (verse 3).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The message seems straightforward. In the beginning of the book, God left Jerusalem and now God returns. As explained in chapter 39, the only way for Israel to be punished is for God to turn away from them. God needed to leave the city in order for it to be destroyed. Even with the great spectacle, the city was also to remain holy as God promised in chapter 3 with the pronouncement of \u201cblessed is the presence of God in its place\u201d (3:12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Now in chapter 43, God returns to the holy city. God returns and fills the Temple with his presence. This image matches Isaiah\u2019s view of the throne of God:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the year that King Uzziah died, I beheld my Sovereign seated on a high and lofty throne; and the skirts of God\u2019s robe filled the temple (Isaiah 6:1).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It is also reminiscent of the dedication ceremony of the original Temple:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD (I Kings 8:10).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And the Tabernacle:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud had settled upon it and the Presence of God filled the Tabernacle (Exodus 40:35).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

References to these three verses elevates Ezekiel\u2019s vision and adds further credence to the idea that God will return. One thing missing from the chariot here are the various angels. 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In Chapter 43 God commands Ezekiel on how to instruct the people of Israel to rebuild the Temple. Verse 10 states, \u201c[Now] you, O mortal, describe the Temple to the house of Israel, and let them measure its design. But let them be ashamed of their iniquities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There will be three main steps in Ezekiel\u2019s instruction to the people: 1) Ezekiel will <\/span>describe<\/span><\/em> (the future Temple); 2) The people will <\/span>measure its design<\/span><\/em>; and 3) They will <\/span>be ashamed<\/span><\/em> (of their iniquities). This seems relatively straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, in the biblical quotation above, NJPS has actually changed the order of the final two steps, assuming that <\/span>measuring its design<\/span><\/em> should follow <\/span>describing<\/span><\/em> directly. The Hebrew text and most other English translations have a different order: 1) <\/span>describe<\/span><\/em>, 2) <\/span>be ashamed<\/span><\/em>, and 3) <\/span>measure its design<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Verse 11 seems to support this more straightforward reading of the text, beginning \u201cWhen they are ashamed of all they have done, make known to them the plan of the Temple\u2026\u201d including all aspects of \u201cthe entire plan.\u201d Here <\/span>being ashamed<\/span><\/em> seems to come before <\/span>measuring its design<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why does the order matter here exactly? It matters because God is instructing Ezekiel to inspire Israel to change for the better. God knows how we human beings change and how we usually follow these three specific steps in this specific order.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

First, we have a vision of what could be. We often describe it in particular detail and daydream about how awesome life would be if this vision became reality. We are usually not concerned at this point with the logistics of realizing this vision.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Second, we become aware that our actions are not congruent with this vision. At this point, we may feel ashamed, guilty, or embarrassed. However, we have to acknowledge that there is a gap between who we are and who we want to be. Only by fully acknowledging this gap can we begin to address it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Third, we develop a detailed plan for changing our behavior. We already have a clear vision of where we want to go and what we want to build. Now we must measure out every aspect of our plan and its execution so that we can maximize our chances of success.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Perhaps there are areas in your life where you would like to improve \u2013 there certainly are in mine! God lays out for Ezekiel and us an excellent process for positive change. 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If you were an archivist in an ancient library of Jewish texts, you would not be blamed for thinking this chapter fell out of the Exodus box and into the Ezekiel box. Most of the chapter is concerned with construction specifications for a new Temple, to replace the one God destroyed. But there is a little clue in the chapter that something about this time around is completely different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In verses 10-11, God insists that the Israelites must feel ashamed of their sins before they can know God\u2019s instruction on how to rebuild the Temple. Compared to earlier chapters, where God seems to claim that the Israelites will be restored for God\u2019s sake, this chapter presents the idea that the Israelites themselves must engage in true <\/span>teshuva<\/span><\/em>, repentance and return, in order to merit the rebuilding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Jewish idea of <\/span>teshuva<\/em> <\/span>is core to this chapter. The Hebrew word \u201cteshuva\u201d literally means \u201creturn\u201d; Jews do repentance by returning to the site of our prior misdeeds or failures with a new intention. Maimonides wrote in his \u201cLaws of Repentance\u201d that true <\/span>teshuva<\/span><\/em> happens when a person returns to the same situation in which they previously sinned, has the opportunity to sin again, and does not do so.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As we near the end of the book of Ezekiel, it seems clear that God believes the Israelites to be capable of <\/span>teshuva<\/span><\/em>. The sins committed in the Temple precinct were a major cause of the expulsion and destruction of the Temple that we read about at the beginning of Ezekiel. Now, God wants the people to build another Temple, very much like the first, with trust that they will not again be led to sin there. How does God know that the people will merit to rebuild the Temple? Because they have to do real <\/span>teshuva<\/span><\/em>; they have to feel the weight of their actions and feel remorse for them. God is willing to forgive our sins, it seems, as long as we are willing to do the work of improvement.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Ezekiel 43 contains a powerful vision in which the prophet describes the Third Temple, the conditions that are inviolate pre-requisites for it to be built, as well as the dedication service that will inaugurate its utilization.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

During the course of this revelation, the prophet twice refers directly to God, Whose voice he hears (verses 19, 27). However, in another verse, an \u201cIsh\u201d (<\/span>man<\/span>) is described as standing next to Ezekiel: \u201cAnd I heard speech addressed to me from the Temple, though (<\/span>the<\/span><\/em>) \u201cIsh\u201d was standing beside me... \u201c (6). This noun serves as the antecedent for additional indirect references (v. 7 and 18.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Can this \u201cman\u201d be further identified, and his role in the prophetic revelation clarified?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Both Radak and Metzudat David suggest that this \u201cman\u201d is possibly the same angel who had earlier begun to speak with Ezekiel, and who had been tasked with showing the prophet the dimensions of the future Temple, as well as explaining to him the purposes of some of its features: \u201cHe brought me over to it (<\/span>the land of Israel<\/span><\/i> on a very high mountain<\/span><\/i>,) and there, standing at the gate, was an \u201cIsh\u201d who shone like copper. In his hand were a cord of linen and a measuring rod\u201d (40:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But Abrabanel and Malbim are less concerned with <\/span>who<\/em> <\/span>this \u201cIsh\u201d is, and comment instead on <\/span>how<\/em> <\/span>the prophet was receiving the Divine vision, paralleling none other than Moses\u2019 experience within the Tabernacle, with the \u201cIsh\u201d serving as a \u201cfoil\u201d for this purpose:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Abrabanel: \u201cSince the Divine Presence dwelt there, the prophecy came to him from there, as it had come to Moses from the Tent of Meeting (Num. 7:89). And the text (in Ezekiel) states: \u2018\u2026speech addressed to me from the Temple\u2026\u2019 as if He was speaking to Himself, and the speech reached him\u201d (Ezekiel).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Malbim: \u201cUntil this point, he had received prophecy via the angel, who was holding the implements for measurement\u2026 But now, Ezekiel heard (the Voice) speaking to him from the Temple, as it is stated: (Numbers 7:89) \u201cWhen Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Covenant between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.\u201d <\/span>
\r\n<\/span>Regarding Ezekiel\u2019s statement, \u201c\u2026(<\/span>the<\/span><\/i>) \u201cIsh\u201d was standing beside me\u201d\u2014for the angel did not enter into the Holy of Holies, the place of God\u2019s Glory, but rather stood beside him, and both received equally the speech of the Divine Presence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

According to Abrabanel and Malbim, Ezekiel 43 constitutes a manifestation of spiritual growth on the part of the prophet, where he \u201cgraduates\u201d from having served as a receptacle for an angel\u2019s instruction, to an actual intermediary for God\u2019s messages, emulating the paradigm of Moses, \u201cthe father of the prophets\u201d (Vayikra Rabba 1:15).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Ezekiel\u2019s description of the dimensions of the Temple and its grounds concluded in the previous chapter, so he now turned his attention to God\u2019s appearance upon those grounds, which he described as follows: \u201cAnd there, coming from the east with a roar like the roar of mighty waters, was the Presence of the God of Israel, and the earth was lit up by His Presence\u201d (43:2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The simile of \u201clike the roar of mighty waters\u201d (<\/span>kol mayim rabim<\/span><\/i>) was used by Ezekiel to describe the sound made by the flapping wings of the heavenly creatures he saw in his initial prophetic vision: \u201cI could hear the sound of their wings like the sound of mighty waters, like the sound of Shaddai, a tumult like the din of an army\u201d (1:24). It is not unique to him, having been used as well by Isaiah (17:12-13) to describe the sound made by a multitude of nations. Closer to our verse, however, is Psalm 93:3-4 that also uses it to describe the oncoming presence of God as: \u201cThe ocean sounds its pounding above the thunder of the mighty waters.\u201d The combination of \u201cmighty waters,\u201d in and of itself, however, is most characteristic of Ezekiel. Of 15 appearances in Tanakh, 7 are in Ezekiel alone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Scholars have assigned this reference various mythological connotations, some of which resonate with biblical texts. For example, ancient Near Eastern mythology - with which Ezekiel, living in Babylon, may have had an acquaintance - spoke of a goddess of the sea named Tiamat who spawned various monsters who played a role in the creation epic. Her name and location sound suspiciously like the Hebrew word <\/span>tehom\/tehomot<\/span><\/em> (deep waters), and is eerily reminiscent of the second verse in the Torah that reports that even before God initiated creation - by saying \u201cLet there be light\u201d - there was \u201cdarkness upon the face of the depths\u201d (<\/span>vechoshekh al penei tehom<\/span><\/em>)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

However, such allusions should be seen as cultural and literary rather than theological, much as we, in English, use such expressions as \u201can Achilles heel\u201d without subscribing to Greek mythology. Indeed, the Torah\u2019s principal purpose was to refute the suppositions on which ancient people had built their societies and legislated their laws, as was noted by Maimonides (Guide 3:29) and echoed by more modern and contemporary philosophers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Chapter 43 continues with the measurements for the future Temple. There are many echoes and allusions to Exodus and the Passover story in these passages. For instance, the altar hearth is described with a width and height of four cubits and \u201cwith four horns projecting upward from the hearth\u201d (43:15). The motif of four is familiar from the Passover Seder: four questions, four sons, four cups of wine, and four phrases of redemption. Even more poignantly, a few verses later God commands the people through Ezekiel: \u201cYou shall take some of its blood and apply it to the four horns [of the altar], to the four corners of the base, and to the surrounding rim\u201d (43:20). This instruction alludes to God\u2019s commandment in Exodus 12:6 to \u201ctake some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses.\u201d The sacrificial blood that Ezekiel prophesied is to be placed on the Temple altar references the sacrificial blood that distinguished the Israelites as a separate nation in Egypt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first communal sacrifice in Exodus and the first communal sacrifice in messianic times bookend the People of Israel\u2019s journey to redemption.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ezekiel and the Exodus both follow a homeless people in the \u201cwilderness\u201d longing for the land of Israel. Both stories bridge the divide between past, present, and future through their focus on intergenerational storytelling. The Passover Seder, notably, with its emphasis on experiential education: \u201cimagine you, like your ancestors, are slaves in Egypt.\u201d But in Ezekiel too, God encourages the people to retell events to their children, and often compares the Jews in Babylon to their pentateuchal ancestors. And both books constantly reaffirm divine sovereignty with the refrain \u201cyou shall know that I am the LORD.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Exodus begins with the Israelites as strangers in Egypt and ends with them wandering in the desert. But despite the uncertainty, there exists the covenant between God and the people and hope of the Promised Land. The exodus from Egypt and the forty years in the wilderness lent the Israelites a shared, if traumatic, history and transformed them from a family into a nation. Ezekiel, similarly, records a transitional moment for the Jewish people. Exiled, dispersed, and facing the destruction of the Temple, the Jews are forced to adapt to the changed circumstances of life and Jewish ritual outside the Land of Israel. But even in a foreign land, the Jews are able to hear God\u2019s words through Ezekiel: \u201cyou shall know that I am the LORD.\u201d The covenant between God and His people still stands in Babylon and there is still a promise of return to the Land of Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While yearning for redemption and fantasizing about plans for the new Temple, the exiled Jews invented a new culture and way of life outside of Jerusalem. 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Ezekiel continues to describe his vision of the future rebuilt Temple (Ezekiel 40-48). Here, the prophet is brought to the gate facing east (Ezekiel 43:1). Standing there, Ezekiel describes what he hears and sees: \u201cAnd there, the Glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east and its roar was like the roar of mighty waters, and the earth was lit up by His Glory\u201d (verse 2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Yishmael to Exodus 19:18 (Bahodesh 4) comments on this metaphorical description of the divine voice: \u201cIts roar was like the roar of mighty waters\u2026\u201d Who has given power and strength to the waters? Is it not He (i.e. God)? But, behold! We describe Him using figures of speech understandable to His creatures, i.e. only what the human ear can comprehend. Similarly: \u201cA lion has roared. Who can but fear? My Lord God has spoken. Who can but prophesy?\u201d (Amos 3:8). Who is it that gave power and strength to the lion? Is it not God?! But, behold! We describe Him using figures of speech understandable to His creatures, i.e. only what the human ear can comprehend.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Avot de-Rabbi Natan (Version A, Chapter 2) elaborates on the enormous power of the Voice of God: \u201cThe Lord goes forth like a warrior. Like a fighter He whips up His rage. He yells. He roars aloud\u201d (Isaiah 42:13). Not like one warrior, but like all the warriors in the world. Similarly: \u201cA lion has roared. Who can but fear? My Lord God has spoken. Who can but prophesy?\u201d (Amos 3:8). Not like one lion, but like all the lions in the world. Similarly: \u201cAnd there, the Glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east and its roar was like the roar of mighty waters\u201d (Ezekiel 43:2). \u201cLike the roar of mighty waters\u201d refers to the voice of the angel Gabriel. \u201cAnd the earth was lit up by His Glory\u201d refers to the face of the <\/span>Shekhinah<\/span><\/em> (the Divine Presence of God). Now, if the Angel Gabriel, who was but one of many thousands and thousands of angels, who stand before God, has a roar that goes forth from one end of the world to the other, then, all the more so, the roar of the King of all kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, who created the whole world. He created the upper realms and He created the lower realms. But the human eye is shown only what it can see and the human ear is given to hear only what it can hear.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Talmud Bavli (Berakhot 3a) records that the night has three watches, and at each watch the Holy One, blessed be He, sits and roars like a lion. For it is written: \u201cThe Lord roars from on high. He makes His voice heard from His holy dwelling. 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43:7 \u201cAnd he said to me, \u2018Man, the place of My throne and the soles of My feet where I dwell in the midst of the Israelites forever! Nor shall the house of Israel defile My name anymore--they and their kings--with their whoring and with the corpses of their kings, their high places,\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As elsewhere, the probable reference of \u201cwhoring\u2019 is idolatry. The \u201ccorpses of their kings\u201d refers to the practice of the last several Judahite kings of using the Garden of Uzza, in proximity to the Temple, as a royal burial ground. Corpses impart ritual defilement. The threshold and the doorposts of the next verse would thus be the threshold and doorposts of the royal mausoleums.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\u201cMusic in the Hebrew Bible\u201d<\/a> by Jamie Fisher: The songs, voices, and praises.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cBetter prevention, not better security: the falsity that if we allow certain dangers to persist \u201cafter the fact\u201d security measures will protect us\u201d<\/a> by Rabbi Daniel Victor: What measures do we rely on to keep us safe? Do we count on a miracle?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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  1. The breakdown, and the repair<\/em>. 22 chapters ago, when the Presence of the LORD left the Temple, Ezekiel witnessed the breakdown involving idolatry in the Temple, and the social iniquities in the city. Now that the Presence has returned, there is a different explanation for the breakdown and the repair: the proximity of the Temple with the political authority, and the blurring of the boundaries between the two led to the desecration of the Temple. But is this a different problem, or just a deeper analysis of the same issue? Can the separation of holy and profane lead to a solution of social issues as well? It\u2019s worth investigating.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. A structural solution<\/em>. The new architectural plan for Jerusalem separates between the palace and the Temple. Sometimes, for real change to happen, education isn\u2019t enough. Structural change is needed.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. The Eastern gate<\/em>. It was through the Eastern gate that the \u201cpresence of the LORD\u201d left in chapter 11. Through it, the Presence will return, according to verse 4 here. And perhaps all those years it was just waiting on the mountain opposite - the Mount of Olives (according to 11:23).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Measurements and materials<\/em>. There is a huge gap between the minute details about the measurements and the structure, and the materials from which the Temple is made, which is especially striking with regard to the altar. There isn\u2019t a word about materials. What is it made of? Why is this not discussed? Good question...<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. This is the Torah\/instruction of the LORD<\/em>. This is the formula that opens the priestly code in the book of Leviticus. And this is the formula used in verse 12 that concludes the detailed information that was communicated to Ezekiel, in these chapters about the Temple. 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