Ezekiel 44 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut. ^[2] Yahweh said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut. ^[3] As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before Yahweh. He shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out the same way.” ^[4] Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house; so I fell on my face. ^[5] Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of Yahweh’s house and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary. ^[6] You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations, ^[7] in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations. ^[8] You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.” ^[9] The Lord Yahweh says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel. ^[10] “ ‘ “But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity. ^[11] Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. ^[12] Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and they will bear their iniquity. ^[13] They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. ^[14] Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein. ^[15] “ ‘ “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord Yahweh. ^[16] “They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction. ^[17] “ ‘ “It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. ^[18] They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat. ^[19] When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister and lay them in the holy rooms. They shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments. ^[20] “ ‘ “They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads. ^[21] None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court. ^[22] They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. ^[23] They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. ^[24] “ ‘ “In a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts. They shall make my Sabbaths holy. ^[25] “ ‘ “They shall go in to 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] After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days. ^[27] In 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 Yahweh. ^[28] “ ‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession. ^[29] They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. ^[30] The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house. ^[31] The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.

King James Version

^[1] Then he brought me backH7725(HiphImpf) the wayH1870 of the gateH8179 of the outwardH2435 sanctuaryH4720 which lookethH6437(QalActPtc) toward the east;H6921 and it [was] shut.H5462(QalPasPtc) ^[2] Then saidH559(QalImpf) the LordH3068 unto me; This gateH8179 shall be shut,H5462(QalPasPtc) it shall not be opened,H6605(NiphImpf) and no manH376 shall enterH935(QalImpf) in by it; because the Lord,H3068 the GodH430 of Israel,H3478 hath enteredH935(QalPerf) in by it, therefore it shall be shut.H5462(QalPasPtc) ^[3] [It is] for the prince;H5387 the prince,H5387 he shall sitH3427(QalImpf) in it to eatH398(QalInf) breadH3899 beforeH6440 the Lord;H3068 he shall enterH935(QalImpf) by the wayH1870 of the porchH197 of [that] gate,H8179 and shall go outH3318(QalImpf) by the wayH1870 of the same. ^[4] Then broughtH935(HiphImpf) he me the wayH1870 of the northH6828 gateH8179 beforeH6440 the house:H1004 and I looked,H7200(QalImpf) and, behold, the gloryH3519 of the LordH3068 filledH4390(QalPerf) the houseH1004 of the Lord:H3068 and I fellH5307(QalImpf) upon my face.H6440 ^[5] And the LordH3068 saidH559(QalImpf) unto me, SonH1121 of man,H120 markH7760(QalImpv) well,H3820 and beholdH7200(QalImpv) with thine eyes,H5869 and hearH8085(QalImpv) with thine earsH241 all that I sayH1696(PielPtc) unto thee concerning all the ordinancesH2708 of the houseH1004 of the Lord,H3068 and all the lawsH8451 thereof; and markH7760(QalPerf) wellH3820 the entering inH3996 of the house,H1004 with every going forthH4161 of the sanctuary.H4720 ^[6] And thou shalt sayH559(QalPerf) to the rebellious,H4805 [even] to the houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 O ye houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 let it sufficeH7227 you of all your abominations,H8441 ^[7] In that ye have broughtH935(HiphInf) [into my sanctuary] strangers,H1121 uncircumcisedH6189 in heart,H3820 and uncircumcisedH6189 in flesh,H1320 to be in my sanctuary,H4720 to polluteH2490(PielInf) it, [even] my house,H1004 when ye offerH7126(HiphInf) my bread,H3899 the fatH2459 and the blood,H1818 and they have brokenH6565(HiphImpf) my covenantH1285 becauseH413 of all your abominations.H8441 ^[8] And ye have not keptH8104(QalPerf) the chargeH4931 of mine holy things:H6944 but ye have setH7760(QalImpf) keepersH8104(QalActPtc) of my chargeH4931 in my sanctuaryH4720 for yourselves. ^[9] Thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH136 God;H3069 No stranger,H1121 uncircumcisedH6189 in heart,H3820 nor uncircumcisedH6189 in flesh,H1320 shall enterH935(QalImpf) into my sanctuary,H4720 of any stranger that [is] amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of Israel.H3478 ^[10] And the LevitesH3881 that are gone away farH7368(QalPerf) from me, when IsraelH3478 went astray,H8582(QalInf) which went astray awayH8582(QalPerf) from me afterH310 their idols;H1544 they shall even bearH5375(QalPerf) their iniquity.H5771 ^[11] Yet they shall be ministersH8334(PielPtc) in my sanctuary,H4720 [having] chargeH6486 at the gatesH8179 of the house,H1004 and ministeringH8334(PielPtc) to the house:H1004 they shall slayH7819(QalImpf) the burnt offeringH5930 and the sacrificeH2077 for the people,H5971 and they shall standH5975(QalImpf) beforeH6440 them to ministerH8334(PielInf) unto them. ^[12] Because they ministeredH8334(PielImpf) unto them beforeH6440 their idols,H1544 and caused the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 to fallH4383 into iniquity;H5771 therefore have I lifted upH5375(QalPerf) mine handH3027 against them, saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God,H3069 and they shall bearH5375(QalPerf) their iniquity.H5771 ^[13] And they shall not come nearH5066(QalImpf) unto me, to do the office of a priestH3547(PielInf) unto me, nor to come nearH5066(QalInf) to any of my holy things,H6944 in the most holyH6944 [place]: but they shall bearH5375(QalPerf) their shame,H3639 and their abominationsH8441 which they have committed.H6213(QalPerf) ^[14] But I will makeH5414(QalPerf) them keepersH8104(QalActPtc) of the chargeH4931 of the house,H1004 for all the serviceH5656 thereof, and for all that shall be doneH6213(NiphImpf) therein. ^[15] But the priestsH3548 the Levites,H3881 the sonsH1121 of Zadok,H6659 that keptH8104(QalPerf) the chargeH4931 of my sanctuaryH4720 when the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 went astrayH8582(QalInf) from me, they shall come nearH7126(QalImpf) to me to ministerH8334(PielInf) unto me, and they shall standH5975(QalPerf) beforeH6440 me to offerH7126(HiphInf) unto me the fatH2459 and the blood,H1818 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God:H3069 ^[16] They shall enterH935(QalImpf) into my sanctuary,H4720 and they shall come nearH7126(QalImpf) to my table,H7979 to ministerH8334(PielInf) unto me, and they shall keepH8104(QalPerf) my charge.H4931 ^[17] And it shall come to pass, [that] when they enterH935(QalInf) in at the gatesH8179 of the innerH6442 court,H2691 they shall be clothedH3847(QalImpf) with linenH6593 garments;H899 and no woolH6785 shall comeH5927(QalImpf) upon them, whiles they ministerH8334(PielInf) in the gatesH8179 of the innerH6442 court,H2691 and within.H1004 ^[18] They shall have linenH6593 bonnetsH6287 upon their heads,H7218 and shall have linenH6593 breechesH4370 upon their loins;H4975 they shall not girdH2296(QalImpf) [themselves] with any thing that causeth sweat.H3154 ^[19] And when they go forthH3318(QalInf) into the utterH2435 court,H2691 [even] into the utterH2435 courtH2691 to the people,H5971 they shall put offH6584(QalImpf) their garmentsH899 wherein they ministered,H8334(PielPtc) and layH3240(HiphPerf) them in the holyH6944 chambers,H3957 and they shall putH3847(QalPerf) on otherH312 garments;H899 and they shall not sanctifyH6942(PielImpf) the peopleH5971 with their garments.H899 ^[20] Neither shall they shaveH1548(PielImpf) their heads,H7218 nor suffer their locksH6545 to grow long;H7971(PielImpf) they shall onlyH3697(QalInf) pollH3697(QalImpf) their heads.H7218 ^[21] Neither shall any priestH3548 drinkH8354(QalImpf) wine,H3196 when they enterH935(QalInf) into the innerH6442 court.H2691 ^[22] Neither shall they takeH3947(QalImpf) for their wivesH802 a widow,H490 nor her that is put away:H1644(QalPasPtc) but they shall takeH3947(QalImpf) maidensH1330 of the seedH2233 of the houseH1004 of Israel,H3478 or a widowH490 that had a priestH3548 before. ^[23] And they shall teachH3384(HiphImpf) my peopleH5971 [the difference] between the holyH6944 and profane,H2455 and cause them to discernH3045(HiphImpf) between the uncleanH2931 and the clean.H2889 ^[24] And in controversyH7379 they shall standH5975(QalImpf) in judgment;H8199(QalInf) [and] they shall judgeH8199(QalImpf) it according to my judgments:H4941 and they shall keepH8104(QalImpf) my lawsH8451 and my statutesH2708 in all mine assemblies;H4150 and they shall hallowH6942(PielImpf) my sabbaths.H7676 ^[25] And they shall comeH935(QalImpf) at no deadH4191(QalPtc) personH120 to defileH2930(QalInf) themselves: but for father,H1 or for mother,H517 or for son,H1121 or for daughter,H1323 for brother,H251 or for sisterH269 that hath had no husband,H376 they may defileH2930(HithImpf) themselves. ^[26] And afterH310 he is cleansed,H2893 they shall reckonH5608(QalImpf) unto him sevenH7651 days.H3117 ^[27] And in the dayH3117 that he goethH935(QalInf) into the sanctuary,H6944 unto the innerH6442 court,H2691 to ministerH8334(PielInf) in the sanctuary,H6944 he shall offerH7126(HiphImpf) his sin offering,H2403 saithH5002(QalPasPtc) the LordH136 God.H3069 ^[28] And it shall be unto them for an inheritance:H5159 I [am] their inheritance:H5159 and ye shall giveH5414(QalImpf) them no possessionH272 in Israel:H3478 I [am] their possession.H272 ^[29] They shall eatH398(QalImpf) the meat offering,H4503 and the sin offering,H2403 and the trespass offering;H817 and every dedicated thingH2764 in IsraelH3478 shall be theirs. ^[30] And the firstH7225 of all the firstfruitsH1061 of all [things], and every oblationH8641 of all, of every [sort] of your oblations,H8641 shall be the priest’s:H3548 ye shall also giveH5414(QalImpf) unto the priestH3548 the firstH7225 of your dough,H6182 that he may cause the blessingH1293 to restH5117(HiphInf) in thine house.H1004 ^[31] The priestsH3548 shall not eatH398(QalImpf) of any thing that is dead of itself,H5038 or torn,H2966 whether it be fowlH5775 or beast.H929

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