Ezekiel 44
44THEN {the man} [an angel] brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces the east, and it was shut.H7725H1870H8179H2435H4720H6437H6921H54622Then the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened and no man shall enter in by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall remain shut.H559H3068H8179H5462H6605H376H935H3068H430H3478H935H54623As for the prince, being the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the porch {or} vestibule of the gate and shall go out the same way.H5387H5387H3427H398H3899H6440H3068H935H1870H197H8179H3318H18704Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; 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 to me, Son of man, mark well {and} set your heart to see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws, and mark well {and} set your heart to know who are allowed to enter the temple and all those who are excluded from the sanctuary.H3068H559H1121H120H7760H3820H7200H5869H8085H241H1696H2708H1004H3068H8451H7760H3820H3996H1004H4161H47206And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O you house of Israel, let all your previous abominations be enough for you! [Do not repeat them!]H559H4805H1004H3478H559H136H3069H1004H3478H7227H84417You have brought into My sanctuary aliens, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute {and} profane it, even My house, when you offer My bread, the fat and the blood; and through it all {and} in addition to all your abominations, they {and} you have broken My covenant.H935H1121H5236H6189H3820H6189H1320H4720H2490H1004H7126H3899H2459H1818H6565H1285H413H84418And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have chosen foreign keepers to please yourselves and have set them in charge of My sanctuary.H8104H4931H6944H7760H8104H4931H47209Therefore thus says the Lord God: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh shall enter into My sanctuary [where no one but the priests might enter], of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.H559H136H3069H1121H5236H6189H3820H6189H1320H935H4720H8432H1121H347810But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear [the punishment for] their iniquity {and} guilt.H3881H7368H3478H8582H8582H310H1544H5375H577111They shall minister in My sanctuary, having oversight as guards at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall attend the people to serve them.H8334H4720H6486H8179H1004H8334H1004H7819H5930H2077H5971H5975H6440H833412Because [the priests] ministered to [the people] before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity {and} guilt to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand {and} have sworn against them, says the Lord God, that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity {and} guilt.H8334H6440H1544H1004H3478H4383H5771H5375H3027H5002H136H3069H5375H577113And they shall not come near to Me to do the office of a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things that are most sacred; but they shall bear their shame {and} their punishment for the abominations which they have committed.H5066H3547H5066H6944H6944H5375H3639H8441H621314Yet I will appoint them as caretakers to have charge of the temple, for all the service of the temple and for all that will be done in it.H5414H8104H4931H1004H5656H621315But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me, and they shall attend Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.H3548H3881H1121H6659H8104H4931H4720H1121H3478H8582H7126H8334H5975H6440H7126H2459H1818H5002H136H306916They shall enter into My sanctuary; and they shall come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.H935H4720H7126H7979H8334H8104H493117When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed in linen garments; no wool shall be on them while they minister at the gates of the inner court and within the temple.H935H8179H6442H2691H3847H6593H899H6785H5927H8334H8179H6442H2691H100418They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes [them to] sweat.H6593H6287H7218H6593H4370H4975H2296H315419And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they ministered and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, lest by contact of their garments with the people they should consecrate (separate and set apart for holy use) such persons [unintentionally and unfittingly].H3318H2435H2691H2435H2691H5971H6584H899H8334H3240H6944H3957H3847H312H899H6942H5971H89920Neither shall they shave their heads or allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut short {or} trim the hair of their heads.H1548H7218H6545H7971H3697H3697H721821Neither shall any priest drink wine when he enters the inner court.H3548H8354H3196H935H6442H269122Neither shall they take for their wives a widow or a woman separated {or} divorced from her husband; but they shall marry maidens [who are virgins] of the offspring of the house of Israel or a widow previously married to a priest.H3947H802H490H1644H3947H1330H2233H1004H3478H490H354823The priests shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common {or} profane, and cause them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.H3384H5971H6944H2455H3045H2931H288924And in a controversy they shall act as judges, and they shall judge according to My judgments; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts, and they shall keep My Sabbaths holy.H7379H5975H8199H8199H4941H8104H8451H2708H4150H6942H767625And they shall go near to no dead person to defile themselves, except for father or for mother, for son or for daughter, for brother or for sister who has had no husband; for them they may defile themselves.H935H4191H120H2930H1H517H1121H1323H251H269H376H293026And after he is cleansed [from the defilement of a dead body] they shall reckon to him seven days more before returning to the temple.H310H2893H5608H7651H311727And on the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord God.H3117H935H6944H6442H2691H8334H6944H7126H2403H5002H136H306928This [their ministry to Me] shall be to them as an inheritance, for I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.H5159H5159H5414H272H3478H27229They shall eat the meal offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering, and every offering in Israel dedicated by a solemn vow to God shall be theirs.H398H4503H2403H817H2764H347830And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priest the first of your coarse meal {and} bread dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.H7225H1061H8641H8641H3548H5414H3548H7225H6182H1293H5117H100431The priests shall not eat of anything that has died of itself or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.H3548H398H5038H2966H5775H929
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