Ezekiel 43:12
This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 40:2 places the temple vision on a very high mountain, which 43:12 identifies as the law of the house — the holy mountain.
Ezekiel 42:20 describes the wall separating holy from profane; 43:12 declares the whole area inside that boundary as most holy — complementary.
In Zechariah 14:21, the eschatological temple fulfills this law — all vessels and the city become holy, with no trader in the house.
In Revelation 21:27, the New Jerusalem mirrors this holy boundary — nothing unclean enters, only those written in the Lamb's book.
In Isaiah 35:8, the Way of Holiness excludes the unclean — same principle as the holy border of the temple.
Micah 4:1 envisions the temple mountain as the highest peak, echoing Ezekiel's declaration that the entire mountain top is most holy.
In 1 Corinthians 3:17, Paul applies the temple's holiness to believers, the spiritual temple—fulfilling the pattern of God's dwelling being sacred.
Joel 3:17 declares Jerusalem and God's holy mountain as holy, with no strangers passing through, paralleling Ezekiel's 'most holy' mountain.
In Isaiah 4:3, the remnant in Zion is called holy — parallel idea that those in the holy city are holy.
Zechariah 14:20 envisions even horse bells inscribed 'Holy to the LORD', extending holiness beyond the temple, similar to Ezekiel's most holy precinct.
In Luke 19:46, Jesus cleanses the temple, affirming its holy purpose as a house of prayer, consistent with Ezekiel's law of the temple's holiness.