Ezekiel 44

44Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.H7725H1870H8179H2435H4720H6437H6921H54622Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.H559H3068H8179H5462H6605H376H935H3068H430H3478H935H54623It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.H5387H5387H3427H398H3899H6440H3068H935H1870H197H8179H3318H18704Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.H935H1870H6828H8179H6440H1004H7200H3519H3068H4390H1004H3068H5307H64405And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. / mark well: Heb. set thine heart / mark well: Heb. set thine heartH3068H559H1121H120H7760H3820H7200H5869H8085H241H1696H2708H1004H3068H8451H7760H3820H3996H1004H4161H47206And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,H559H4805H1004H3478H559H136H3069H1004H3478H7227H84417In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. / strangers: Heb. children of a strangerH935H1121H5236H6189H3820H6189H1320H4720H2490H1004H7126H3899H2459H1818H6565H1285H413H84418And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. / my charge: or, my ward, or, ordinanceH8104H4931H6944H7760H8104H4931H47209Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.H559H136H3069H1121H5236H6189H3820H6189H1320H935H4720H8432H1121H347810And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.H3881H7368H3478H8582H8582H310H1544H5375H577111Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.H8334H4720H6486H8179H1004H8334H1004H7819H5930H2077H5971H5975H6440H833412Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. / caused…: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etcH8334H6440H1544H1004H3478H4383H5771H5375H3027H5002H136H3069H5375H577113And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.H5066H3547H5066H6944H6944H5375H3639H8441H621314But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.H5414H8104H4931H1004H5656H621315But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:H3548H3881H1121H6659H8104H4931H4720H1121H3478H8582H7126H8334H5975H6440H7126H2459H1818H5002H136H306916They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.H935H4720H7126H7979H8334H8104H493117And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.H935H8179H6442H2691H3847H6593H899H6785H5927H8334H8179H6442H2691H100418They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. / with…: or, in sweating places: Heb. in, or, with sweatH6593H6287H7218H6593H4370H4975H2296H315419And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.H3318H2435H2691H2435H2691H5971H6584H899H8334H3240H6944H3957H3847H312H899H6942H5971H89920Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.H1548H7218H6545H7971H3697H3697H721821Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.H3548H8354H3196H935H6442H269122Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. / put…: Heb. thrust forth / that had…: Heb. from a priestH3947H802H490H1644H3947H1330H2233H1004H3478H490H354823And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.H3384H5971H6944H2455H3045H2931H288924And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.H7379H5975H8199H8199H4941H8104H8451H2708H4150H6942H767625And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.H935H4191H120H2930H1H517H1121H1323H251H269H376H293026And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.H310H2893H5608H7651H311727And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.H3117H935H6944H6442H2691H8334H6944H7126H2403H5002H136H306928And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.H5159H5159H5414H272H3478H27229They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. / dedicated: or, devotedH398H4503H2403H817H2764H347830And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. / And the first: or, And the chiefH7225H1061H8641H8641H3548H5414H3548H7225H6182H1293H5117H100431The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.H3548H398H5038H2966H5775H929