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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.

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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 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 : 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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Ezekiel 44 (YLT)

[1] And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.
[2] And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none doth go in by it, for Jehovah, God of Israel, hath come in by it, and it hath been shut.
[3] The prince, who is prince, he sitteth by it to eat bread before Jehovah, by the way of the porch of the gate he cometh in, and by its way he goeth out.’
[4] And he bringeth me in the way of the north gate unto the front of the house, and I look, and lo, filled hath the honour of Jehovah the house of Jehovah, and I fall on my face.
[5] And Jehovah saith unto me, ‘Son of man, set thy heart, and see with thine eyes, and with thine ears hear, all that I am speaking with thee, of all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and of all its laws; and thou hast set thy heart to the entrance of the house, with all the outlets of the sanctuary,
[6] and hast said unto the rebellious, unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you-of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
[7] In your bringing in sons of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My sanctuary, to pollute it, even My house, in your bringing near My bread, fat, and blood, and they break My covenant by all your abominations,
[8] and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set them for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.
[9] ‘Thus said the Lord Jehovah: No son of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, cometh in unto My sanctuary, even any son of a stranger, who is in the midst of the sons of Israel,
[10] but-the Levites who have gone far off from me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.
[11] And they have been in My sanctuary ministrants, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministrants at the house; they slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they stand before them to serve them.
[12] Because that they serve them before their idols, and have been to the house of Israel for a stumbling-block of iniquity, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them-an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah-and they have borne their iniquity.
[13] And they draw not nigh unto Me to act as My priest, and to draw nigh unto any of My holy things, unto the holy of holies, and they have borne their shame and their abominations that they have done,
[14] and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.
[15] ‘And the priests, the Levites, sons of Zadok, who have kept the charge of My sanctuary in the wandering of the sons of Israel from off Me, they draw near unto Me to serve Me, and have stood before Me, to bring near to Me fat and blood-an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah:
[16] they come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
[17] And it hath come to pass, in their going in unto the gates of the inner court, linen garments they put on; and no wool cometh up on them in their ministering in the gates of the inner court and within.
[18] Linen bonnets are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with sweat.
[19] And in their going forth unto the outer court-unto the outer court unto the people-they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.
[20] And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
[21] And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
[22] And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but-virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.
[23] ‘And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
[24] And concerning controversy, they stand up for judgment; with My judgments they judge it; and My law and My statutes in all My appointed places they keep; and My sabbaths they sanctify.
[25] And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.
[26] ‘And after his cleansing, seven days they number to him.
[27] And in the day of his coming in unto the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he bringeth near his sin-offering-an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
[28] And it hath been to them for an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and a possession ye do not give to them in Israel; I am their possession.
[29] The present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, they do eat, and every devoted thing in Israel is theirs.
[30] And the first of all the first-fruits of all, and every heave-offering of all, of all your heave-offerings, are the priest?’: and the first of your dough ye give to the priest, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.
[31] Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.