¹⁸ Then he said to me, “Son of man,^(A) this is what the Lord God says: These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings^(B) may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:^{(C) 19} You are to give a bull from the herd^(D) as a sin offering^(E) to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok,^(F) who approach me in order to serve me.”^(G) This is the declaration of the Lord God. ²⁰ “You are to take some of its blood and apply it to the four horns^(H) of the altar, the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim. In this way you will purify the altar and make atonement for it.^(I)