1. The man took me back to the east gate of the temple,
2. where I saw the brightness of the glory of Israel's God coming from the east. The sound I heard was as loud as ocean waves, and everything around was shining with the dazzling brightness of his glory.
3. This vision was like the one I had seen when God came to destroy Jerusalem and like the one I had seen near the River Chebar.I immediately bowed with my face to the ground,
4. and the Lord's glory came through the east gate and into the temple.
5. The Lord's Spirit lifted me to my feet and carried me to the inner courtyard, where I saw that the Lord's glory had filled the temple.
6. The man was standing beside me, and I heard the Lord say from inside the temple:
14-17. The altar rested on a base and had three sections, each one of them square. The bottom section was eight metres on each side and one metre high. The middle section was seven metres on each side and two metres high, and it had a twenty-five-centimetre rim around its outer edge. The top section, which was six metres on each side and two metres high, was the place where sacrifices were burnt, and the four corners of the top section looked like the horns of a bull. The steps leading up to the altar were on the east side.