Ezekiel has a distinctive understanding of the restoration of the people of Israel, which differed in some ways from what we have read in the other prophetic books. He looked forward to the restoration of the original twelve tribes, each being given their rightful portions of land. The Temple would be rebuilt, and in chapters 40-43 very detailed instructions for this are set out. In the chapters following instructions for Temple ritual are given. Sacrifices would be made only by the descendants of Zadok, the high priest in the time of Solomon, and the Levites would serve the Temple in other ways. The ruler would lead the people in offering sacrifices. Ritual purity would be maintained. God would cause a holy river to flow from the Temple into the land, bringing new life even to the Dead Sea.