Today is the 20th day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today as we greet a brand new shiny sparkly week.

And I mean this is Thanksgiving week here in the United States. Typically travel typically new. Not new people but like family that maybe we don't get to see all the time and then by the time the week is over it's black Friday and all the sudden.

We are in the thick of the Christmas season. And so here we are this is the week. And as we've talked about before things get more and more busy things speed up. This is a very different time of year than any other time of year.

And it kind of changes and it doesn't really let up until we're kind of in that week before the new year like between Christmas and New Year's and then we launch into a brand new year.

So let's remember we started this journey. And we will finish this journey and we will finish this journey strong and well.

And if there is a time to stay rooted in the scriptures, it is this time of the year as we pushed toward the end of the year. And that's not to say that every day isn't today to stay rooted in the scriptures.

If we've traveled this far then we know that the Bible makes a profound difference and many of our days and is there to speak truth when we need it.

But we definitely needed at this time of the year because all of our rhythms start to shift a little bit. And our interactions are with maybe people that are like a family or friends or just different people that were not used to associating with all during the year that become part of the Christmas season.

We start to feel the goodwill toward man and we start paying attention to each other in different ways. So let's just invite God into all of that as we continue forward and allow his word to continue to speak into our lives.

And so let's dive in. We will read from the Christian standard Bible this week and we are moving back out into the book of Ezekiel. And we'll actually be finishing Ezekiel by the end of this week.

We are in the letter to James in the New Testament and we'll be moving into New Territory in the New Testament this week as well. So let's dive in. Ezekiel chapter 40 verse 28 through 41 verse 26.

Then he brought me to the inner court through the Southgate when he measured the Southgate. It had the same measurements as the others. It's recesses, jams and portico had the same measurements as the others.

Both it and its portico had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and 3 quarter feet wide. There were porticoes all around, 43 and 3 quarter feet long and 8 and 3 quarter feet wide.

Its portico faced the outer court and its jams were decorated with palm trees. It's stairway had eight steps.

Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. When he measured the gate, it had the same measurements as the others. It's recesses, jams and portico had the same measurements as the others.

It was 8 and a half feet long and 43 and 3 quarter feet wide. It's portico faced the outer court and its jams were decorated with palm trees on each side. It's stairway had eight steps. Then he brought me to the Northgate. When he measured it, it had the same measurements as the others.

As did its recesses, jams and portico. It also had windows all around. It was 87 and a half feet long and 43 and 3 quarter feet wide.

Its portico faced the outer court and its jams were decorated with palm trees on each side. It's stairway had eight steps.

There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate's portico. The burnt offering was to be washed there. Inside the gate's portico, there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering and guilt offering.

Outside the gate's portico, there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering and guilt offering. Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the Northgate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate's portico.

So there were four tables inside the gate and four outside. Eight tables in all on which to slaughtering was to be done. There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering. Each 31 and a half inches long, 31 and a half inches wide and 21 inches high.

The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices were placed on them. There were three inch hooks fastened all around the inside of the room and the flesh of the offering was to be laid on the tables.

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