Ezekiel
Chapter 44
1
Then He brought me back the way of the gate
of
the outward sanctuary which looked toward the east;
and
it was shut.
2
Then said {'amar} Jehovah/God unto me,
"This
gate shall be shut,
it
shall not be opened,
and
no man shall enter in by it
because
Jehovah/God,
the
Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
has
entered in by it,
therefore
it shall be shut. 3
It is for the prince.
The
prince,
He
shall sit in it to eat bread before Jehovah/God.
He
shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate,
and
shall go out by the way of the same.
4 Then He brought me the way of the north gate before the house.
And
I looked, and, behold,
the
glory of Jehovah/God
filled
the house of Jehovah/God
and
I fell upon my face.
5
And Jehovah/God said unto me,
"Son
of man, mark well, and behold with your eyes,
and
hear with your ears
all
that I say unto you
concerning
all the ordinances of the house of Jehovah/God,
and
all the laws thereof;
and
mark well the entering in of the house,
with
every going forth of the sanctuary. 6
And
you shall say to the rebellious,
even
to the house of Israel,
'Thus
said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
'O
you house of Israel,
let
it suffice you of all your abominations, 7
in
that you have brought into my sanctuary strangers,
uncircumcised
in their 'right lobe'/heart,
and
uncircumcised in flesh,
to
be in My sanctuary,
to
pollute it,
even
My house,
when
you offer My bread,
the
fat and the blood,
and
they have broken My covenant
because
of all your abominations. 8
And
you have not kept the charge of My holy things
but
you have set keepers of My charge
in
My sanctuary for yourselves."
9
Thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"No
stranger, uncircumcised in their 'right lobe'/heart,
nor
uncircumcised in flesh,
shall
enter into My sanctuary,
of
any stranger that is among the children of Israel. 10
And
the Levites who 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. 11
Yet
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. 12
Because
they ministered unto them before their idols,
and
caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity;
therefore
have I lifted up my hand against them,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"and they shall bear their iniquity. 13
And
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. 14
But
I will make them keepers of the charge of the house,
for
all the service thereof,
and
for all that shall be done therein. 15
But
the priests,
the
Levites, the sons of Zadok,
who
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,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah, 16
"They
shall enter into My sanctuary,
and
they shall come near to My table,
to
minister unto Me,
and
they shall keep My charge. 17
And
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,
while
they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18
They
shall have linen bonnets upon their heads,
and
shall have linen breeches upon their loins.
They shall not gird themselves with any thing that causes sweat. 19
And
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. 20
Neither
shall they shave their heads,
nor
suffer their locks to grow long;
they
shall only 'have a hair cut on'/poll their heads. 21
Neither
shall any priest drink wine,
when
they enter into the inner court. 22
Neither
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. 23
And
they shall teach My people
the
difference between the holy and profane,
and
cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24
And in controversy they shall stand in judgment.
And they shall judge it according to My justice/judgments.
And they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My assemblies.
And they shall hallow my Sabbaths. 25
And
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 who has had no husband,
they
may defile themselves. 26
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27
And
in the day that he goes into the sanctuary,
unto
the inner court,
to
minister in the sanctuary,
he
shall offer his sin offering,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
28 "And it shall be unto them for an inheritance.
I am their inheritance.
And you shall give them no possession in Israel.
I am their possession.
29
They shall eat the meat offering,
and
the sin offering,
and
the trespass offering
and
every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30
And 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.
You
shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough,
that
he may cause the blessing to rest in your house.
31
The priests shall not eat of any thing
that
is dead of itself, or torn,
whether
it be fowl or animal/beast.
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