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Tish’a B’av Reading: Day 3

  The Priesthood Restored 44  Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut.   2  The  Lord  said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because the  Lord , the God of Israel, has entered through it.   3  The prince himself is the only one who may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the  Lord . He is to enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.” 4  Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked and saw the glory of the  Lord  filling the temple of the  Lord , and I fell facedown. 5  The  Lord  said to me, “Son of man, look carefully, listen closely and give attention to everything I tell you concerning all the regulations and instructions regarding the temple of the  Lord ...
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Tish’a B’av Reading: Day 2

  God’s Glory Returns to the Temple 43  Then the man brought me to the gate facing east,   2  and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory.   3  The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when he [ a ]  came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.   4  The glory of the  Lord  entered the temple through the gate facing east.   5  Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the  Lord  filled the temple. 6  While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple.   7  He said: “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites forever. The people of Israel wil...
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Tish’a B’av Reading: Day 1

  Vision of the New Temple 40  In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the  Lord  was upon me, and he brought me to the city. [ a ]   2  In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south.   3  When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.   4  And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel.” The East Gate to the Outer ...
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