Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission
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Chapter 40
1In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the tenth month—ten years after he struck the city—on this very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me there.2In visions of God he brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, and on it was something like the structure of a city from the south.3He brought me there, and behold—a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring reed, standing in the gate.4The man spoke to me, son of Adam: "See with your eyes and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I am showing you, for this is why I have brought you here. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel."