Ezekiel 44:12 References
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"Because they ministered to them abefore their idols and became a bstumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have csworn against them," declares the Lord GOD, "that they shall dbear the punishment for their iniquity.
a 2 Kings 16:10-16
2 Kings 16
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Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet aTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to bUrijah the priest the pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship.
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So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, thus Urijah the priest made it, before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.
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When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then athe king approached the altar and went up to it,
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and burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.
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aThe bronze altar, which was before the Lord, he brought from the front of the house, from between bhis altar and the house of the Lord, and he put it on the north side of his altar.
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Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "Upon the great altar burn athe morning burnt offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their meal offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But bthe bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by."
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So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded.