Ezekiel 43:11

and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God commands the prophet Ezekiel to disclose the temple’s architectural blueprint and regulations to the Israelites immediately after the sanctuary’s vision, triggering their shame over past disobedience.

The words — The Hebrew phrase צוּרַת הַבַּיִת (tzu.Rat ha.Ba.yit) translates literally as “the design of the house,” and תְּכוּנָתוֹ (te.khu.na.T/o) means “its arrangement,” highlighting the precise structural and functional plan being revealed.

The thread — The text’s focus on recording and obeying divine statutes recurs in Ezekiel 11:20 and Ezekiel 36:27, where God links covenant identity to the careful observance of His ordinances.

Why it lands — The passage requires the audience to write down the temple’s layout and laws visibly and execute them completely, demanding concrete compliance before any theological application.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִֽם־ve./'im-and/ if נִכְלְמ֞וּnikh.le.Muthey are ashamed מִכֹּ֣לmi./Kolfrom/ all אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-that עָשׂ֗וּ'a.Suthey have done צוּרַ֣תtzu.Rat[the] design of הַבַּ֡יִתha./Ba.yitthe/ house וּתְכוּנָת֡וֹu./te.khu.na.T/oand/ arrangement/ its וּמוֹצָאָ֡יוu./mo.tza.'A/vand/ exits/ its וּמוֹבָאָ֣יוu./moa.'A/vand/ entrances/ its וְֽכָל־ve./kholand/ all צֽוּרֹתָ֡יוtzu.ro.Ta/vdesigns/ its וְאֵ֣תve./'Etand/ <obj.>כָּל־kol-all חֻקֹּתָיו֩chu.ko.Ta/vstatutes/ its וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all צ֨וּרֹתָ֤יוtzu.ro.tai/vdesigns/ its וְכָל־ve./kholand/ all תּוֹרֹתָיו֙to.ro.to/vlaws/ its הוֹדַ֣עho.Da'make known to אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them וּכְתֹ֖בu./khe.Toand/ write לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑םle./'ei.nei./Hemto/ eyes/ their וְיִשְׁמְר֞וּve./yish.me.Ruso/ they may keep אֶת־'et-<obj.>כָּל־kol-all צוּרָת֛וֹtzu.ra.T/odesign/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>כָּל־kol-all חֻקֹּתָ֖יוchu.ko.Ta/vstatutes/ its וְעָשׂ֥וּve./'a.Suand/ they will do אוֹתָֽם׃'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them

King James Version

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 11:20 so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
Ezekiel 12:3 Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 40:1 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 Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
Ezekiel 44:5 The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
John 13:17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”