Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 43:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision states or reports “Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed…” at Ezekiel 43:21 as a specific part of “Seven Days Consecrate the Altar before Accepted Offerings.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 43:18–27
Read Ezekiel 43:21 with 43:18–27. By itself, “Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Zadokite priests receive animals for sin and burnt offerings, blood is applied to altar points, remains are burned outside, and seven days of cleansing lead to accepted worship on the eighth day.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel's measured final vision states or reports “Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed…” at Ezekiel 43:21 as a specific part of “Seven Days Consecrate the Altar before Accepted Offerings.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Ezekiel 43:18–27; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 43:18–27 — Seven Days Consecrate the Altar before Accepted OfferingsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 43:18–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 43:18–27
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