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World English Bible

Ezekiel 44 (WEBP)

[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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 44 (KJVS)

[1] Then he brought me back () the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh () toward the east; and it was shut. ()
[2] Then 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. ()
[3] It 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.
[4] Then 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.
[5] And 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.
[6] And 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,
[7] in 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.
[8] And ye have not kept () the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set () keepers () of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
[9] Thus 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.
[10] And 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.
[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 () mine hand against them, saith () the Lord God, 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, 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:
[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, whiles 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 causeth 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 () 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 judgments: and they shall keep () my laws and my statutes in all mine 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 that hath 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 goeth () into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister () in the sanctuary, he shall offer () his sin offering, saith () the Lord God.
[28] And 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.
[29] They shall eat () the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be their’s.
[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: ye shall also give () unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest () in thine house.
[31] The priests shall not eat () of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

Ezekiel 44:5 Heb. set thine heart
Ezekiel 44:7 Heb. children of a stranger
Ezekiel 44:8 Or, ward, or ordinance. And so verse 14. and 16
Ezekiel 44:18 Or, in sweating places. Heb. in, or with sweat
Ezekiel 44:22a Heb. thrust forth
Ezekiel 44:22b Heb. from a priest
Ezekiel 44:29 Or, devoted
Ezekiel 44:30 Or, chief

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 44 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψέν () με () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () τῆς () πύλης () τῶν () ἁγίων () τῆς () ἐξωτέρας () τῆς () βλεπούσης () κατ’ () ἀνατολάς, () καὶ () αὕτη () ἦν () κεκλεισμένη. ()
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () πρός () με () Ἡ () πύλη () αὕτη () κεκλεισμένη () ἔσται, () οὐκ () ἀνοιχθήσεται, () καὶ () οὐδεὶς () μὴ () διέλθῃ () δι’ () αὐτῆς, () ὅτι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () εἰσελεύσεται () δι’ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἔσται () κεκλεισμένη· ()
[3] διότι () ὁ () ἡγούμενος, () οὗτος () καθήσεται () ἐν () αὐτῇ () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () ἄρτον () ἐναντίον () κυρίου· () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αιλαμ τῆς () πύλης () εἰσελεύσεται () καὶ () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐξελεύσεται. () —
[4] καὶ () εἰσήγαγέν () με () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () τῆς () πύλης () τῆς () πρὸς () βορρᾶν () κατέναντι () τοῦ () οἴκου, () καὶ () εἶδον () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () πλήρης () δόξης () ὁ () οἶκος () κυρίου, () καὶ () πίπτω () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπόν () μου. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἶπεν κύριος () πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () τάξον () εἰς () τὴν () καρδίαν () σου () καὶ () ἰδὲ () τοῖς () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου () καὶ () τοῖς () ὠσίν () σου () ἄκουε () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐγὼ () λαλῶ () μετὰ () σοῦ, () κατὰ () πάντα () τὰ () προστάγματα οἴκου () κυρίου () καὶ () κατὰ () πάντα () τὰ () νόμιμα αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () τάξεις () τὴν () καρδίαν () σου () εἰς () τὴν () εἴσοδον () τοῦ () οἴκου () κατὰ () πάσας () τὰς () ἐξόδους () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πᾶσι () τοῖς () ἁγίοις. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () παραπικραίνοντα, () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () Ἱκανούσθω () ὑμῖν () ἀπὸ () πασῶν () τῶν () ἀνομιῶν () ὑμῶν, () οἶκος () Ισραηλ, ()
[7] τοῦ () εἰσαγαγεῖν () ὑμᾶς () υἱοὺς () ἀλλογενεῖς () ἀπεριτμήτους () καρδίᾳ () καὶ () ἀπεριτμήτους () σαρκὶ () τοῦ () γίνεσθαι () ἐν () τοῖς () ἁγίοις () μου, () καὶ () ἐβεβήλουν () αὐτὰ () ἐν () τῷ () προσφέρειν () ὑμᾶς () ἄρτους, () στέαρ καὶ () αἷμα, () καὶ () παρεβαίνετε () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () ἀνομίαις () ὑμῶν ()
[8] καὶ () διετάξατε () τοῦ () φυλάσσειν () φυλακὰς () ἐν () τοῖς () ἁγίοις () μου. ()
[9] Διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () Πᾶς () υἱὸς () ἀλλογενὴς () ἀπερίτμητος () καρδίᾳ () καὶ () ἀπερίτμητος () σαρκὶ () οὐκ () εἰσελεύσεται () εἰς () τὰ () ἅγιά μου () ἐν () πᾶσιν () υἱοῖς () ἀλλογενῶν () τῶν () ὄντων () ἐν () μέσῳ () οἴκου () Ισραηλ, ()
[10] ἀλλ’ () ἢ () οἱ () Λευῖται, () οἵτινες () ἀφήλαντο ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () πλανᾶσθαι () τὸν () Ισραηλ () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () κατόπισθεν τῶν () ἐνθυμημάτων αὐτῶν, () καὶ () λήμψονται () ἀδικίαν () αὐτῶν ()
[11] καὶ () ἔσονται () ἐν () τοῖς () ἁγίοις () μου () λειτουργοῦντες () θυρωροὶ () ἐπὶ () τῶν () πυλῶν () τοῦ () οἴκου () καὶ () λειτουργοῦντες () τῷ () οἴκῳ· () οὗτοι () σφάξουσιν () τὰ () ὁλοκαυτώματα () καὶ () τὰς () θυσίας () τῷ () λαῷ, () καὶ () οὗτοι () στήσονται () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τοῦ () λειτουργεῖν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[12] Ἀνθ’ () ὧν () ἐλειτούργουν () αὐτοῖς () πρὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () εἰδώλων () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐγένετο () τῷ () οἴκῳ () Ισραηλ () εἰς () κόλασιν () ἀδικίας, () ἕνεκα () τούτου () ἦρα () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου () ἐπ’ () αὐτούς, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός, ()
[13] καὶ () οὐκ () ἐγγιοῦσι () πρός () με () τοῦ () ἱερατεύειν () μοι () οὐδὲ () τοῦ () προσάγειν () πρὸς () τὰ () ἅγια () υἱῶν () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () οὐδὲ () πρὸς () τὰ () ἅγια () τῶν () ἁγίων () μου () καὶ () λήμψονται () ἀτιμίαν () αὐτῶν () ἐν () τῇ () πλανήσει, ᾗ () ἐπλανήθησαν. ()
[14] Καὶ () κατατάξουσιν αὐτοὺς () φυλάσσειν () φυλακὰς () τοῦ () οἴκου () εἰς () πάντα () τὰ () ἔργα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἰς () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἂν () ποιήσωσιν. () —
[15] οἱ () ἱερεῖς () οἱ () Λευῖται () οἱ () υἱοὶ () τοῦ () Σαδδουκ, οἵτινες () ἐφυλάξαντο () τὰς () φυλακὰς () τῶν () ἁγίων () μου () ἐν () τῷ () πλανᾶσθαι () οἶκον () Ισραηλ () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () οὗτοι () προσάξουσιν () πρός () με () τοῦ () λειτουργεῖν () μοι () καὶ () στήσονται () πρὸ () προσώπου () μου () τοῦ () προσφέρειν () μοι () θυσίαν, () στέαρ καὶ () αἷμα, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός. ()
[16] Οὗτοι () εἰσελεύσονται () εἰς () τὰ () ἅγιά μου, () καὶ () οὗτοι () προσελεύσονται () πρὸς () τὴν () τράπεζάν () μου () τοῦ () λειτουργεῖν () μοι () καὶ () φυλάξουσιν () τὰς () φυλακάς () μου. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῷ () εἰσπορεύεσθαι () αὐτοὺς () τὰς () πύλας () τῆς () αὐλῆς () τῆς () ἐσωτέρας () στολὰς () λινᾶς ἐνδύσονται () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐνδύσονται () ἐρεᾶ ἐν () τῷ () λειτουργεῖν () αὐτοὺς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () πύλης () τῆς () ἐσωτέρας () αὐλῆς· ()
[18] καὶ () κιδάρεις λινᾶς ἕξουσιν () ἐπὶ () ταῖς () κεφαλαῖς () αὐτῶν () καὶ () περισκελῆ λινᾶ ἕξουσιν () ἐπὶ () τὰς () ὀσφύας () αὐτῶν () καὶ () οὐ () περιζώσονται () βίᾳ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ἐκπορεύεσθαι () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () αὐλὴν () τὴν () ἐξωτέραν () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () ἐκδύσονται () τὰς () στολὰς () αὐτῶν, () ἐν () αἷς () αὐτοὶ () λειτουργοῦσιν () ἐν () αὐταῖς, () καὶ () θήσουσιν () αὐτὰς () ἐν () ταῖς () ἐξέδραις τῶν () ἁγίων () καὶ () ἐνδύσονται () στολὰς () ἑτέρας () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἁγιάσωσιν () τὸν () λαὸν () ἐν () ταῖς () στολαῖς () αὐτῶν. ()
[20] Καὶ () τὰς () κεφαλὰς () αὐτῶν () οὐ () ξυρήσονται () καὶ () τὰς () κόμας () αὐτῶν () οὐ () ψιλώσουσιν, καλύπτοντες () καλύψουσιν () τὰς () κεφαλὰς () αὐτῶν. ()
[21] Καὶ () οἶνον () οὐ () μὴ () πίωσιν () πᾶς () ἱερεὺς () ἐν () τῷ () εἰσπορεύεσθαι () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () αὐλὴν () τὴν () ἐσωτέραν. ()
[22] Καὶ () χήραν () καὶ () ἐκβεβλημένην () οὐ () λήμψονται () ἑαυτοῖς () εἰς () γυναῖκα, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () παρθένον () ἐκ () τοῦ () σπέρματος () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () χήρα () ἐὰν () γένηται () ἐξ () ἱερέως, () λήμψονται. ()
[23] Καὶ () τὸν () λαόν () μου () διδάξουσιν () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἁγίου () καὶ () βεβήλου () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἀκαθάρτου () καὶ () καθαροῦ () γνωριοῦσιν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἐπὶ () κρίσιν () αἵματος () οὗτοι () ἐπιστήσονται () τοῦ () διακρίνειν· () τὰ () δικαιώματά () μου () δικαιώσουσιν () καὶ () τὰ () κρίματά () μου () κρινοῦσιν () καὶ () τὰ () νόμιμά μου () καὶ () τὰ () προστάγματά μου () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () ἑορταῖς () μου () φυλάξονται () καὶ () τὰ () σάββατά () μου () ἁγιάσουσιν. ()
[25] Καὶ () ἐπὶ () ψυχὴν () ἀνθρώπου () οὐκ () εἰσελεύσονται () τοῦ () μιανθῆναι, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἐπὶ () πατρὶ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () μητρὶ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () υἱῷ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () θυγατρὶ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () ἀδελφῷ () καὶ () ἐπὶ () ἀδελφῇ () αὐτοῦ, () ἣ () οὐ () γέγονεν () ἀνδρί, () μιανθήσεται. ()
[26] Καὶ () μετὰ () τὸ () καθαρισθῆναι () αὐτὸν () ἑπτὰ () ἡμέρας () ἐξαριθμήσει αὐτῷ· ()
[27] καὶ () ᾗ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () εἰσπορεύωνται () εἰς () τὴν () αὐλὴν () τὴν () ἐσωτέραν () τοῦ () λειτουργεῖν () ἐν () τῷ () ἁγίῳ, () προσοίσουσιν () ἱλασμόν, () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεός. ()
[28] Καὶ () ἔσται () αὐτοῖς () εἰς () κληρονομίαν· () ἐγὼ () κληρονομία () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () κατάσχεσις () αὐτοῖς () οὐ () δοθήσεται () ἐν () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ, () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () κατάσχεσις () αὐτῶν. ()
[29] Καὶ () τὰς () θυσίας () καὶ () τὰ () ὑπὲρ () ἁμαρτίας () καὶ () τὰ () ὑπὲρ () ἀγνοίας () οὗτοι () φάγονται, () καὶ () πᾶν () ἀφόρισμα ἐν () τῷ () Ισραηλ () αὐτοῖς () ἔσται· ()
[30] ἀπαρχαὶ () πάντων () καὶ () τὰ () πρωτότοκα () πάντων () καὶ () τὰ () ἀφαιρέματα πάντα () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () ἀπαρχῶν () ὑμῶν () τοῖς () ἱερεῦσιν () ἔσται· () καὶ () τὰ () πρωτογενήματα ὑμῶν () δώσετε () τῷ () ἱερεῖ () τοῦ () θεῖναι () εὐλογίας () ὑμῶν () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () οἴκους () ὑμῶν. ()
[31] Καὶ () πᾶν () θνησιμαῖον καὶ () θηριάλωτον ἐκ () τῶν () πετεινῶν καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () κτηνῶν () οὐ () φάγονται () οἱ () ἱερεῖς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.