Ezekiel 44
WEB·Ezekiel 44
1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.
KJVThen he brought me backH7725(H8686) the wayH1870 of the gateH8179 of the outwardH2435 sanctuaryH4720 which lookethH6437(H8802) toward the eastH6921; and it was shutH5462(H8803).
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.
KJVThen saidH559(H8799) the LORDH3068 unto me; This gateH8179 shall be shutH5462(H8803), it shall not be openedH6605(H8735), and no manH376 shall enterH935(H8799) in by it; because the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, hath enteredH935(H8804) in by it, therefore it shall be shutH5462(H8803).
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.”
KJVIt is for the princeH5387; the princeH5387, he shall sitH3427(H8799) in it to eatH398(H8800) breadH3899 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068; he shall enterH935(H8799) by the wayH1870 of the porchH197 of that gateH8179, and shall go outH3318(H8799) by the wayH1870 of the same.
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.
KJVThen broughtH935(H8686) he me the wayH1870 of the northH6828 gateH8179 beforeH6440 the houseH1004: and I lookedH7200(H8799), and, behold, the gloryH3519 of the LORDH3068 filledH4390(H8804) the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068: and I fellH5307(H8799) upon my faceH6440.
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.
KJVAnd the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) unto me, SonH1121 of manH120, markH7760(H8798) wellH3820, and beholdH7200(H8798) with thine eyesH5869, and hearH8085(H8798) with thine earsH241 all that I sayH1696(H8764) unto thee concerning all the ordinancesH2708 of the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068, and all the lawsH8451 thereof; and markH7760(H8804) wellH3820 the entering inH3996 of the houseH1004, with every going forthH4161 of the sanctuaryH4720.
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,
KJVAnd thou shalt sayH559(H8804) to the rebelliousH4805, even to the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, Thus saithH559(H8804) the LordH136 GODH3069; O ye houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, let it sufficeH7227 you of all your abominationsH8441,
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.
KJVIn that ye have broughtH935(H8687) into my sanctuary strangersH1121H5236, uncircumcisedH6189 in heartH3820, and uncircumcisedH6189 in fleshH1320, to be in my sanctuaryH4720, to polluteH2490(H8763) it, even my houseH1004, when ye offerH7126(H8687) my breadH3899, the fatH2459 and the bloodH1818, and they have brokenH6565(H8686) my covenantH1285 becauseH413 of all your abominationsH8441.
8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
KJVAnd ye have not keptH8104(H8804) the chargeH4931 of mine holy thingsH6944: but ye have setH7760(H8799) keepersH8104(H8802) of my chargeH4931 in my sanctuaryH4720 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.
KJVThus saithH559(H8804) the LordH136 GODH3069; No strangerH1121H5236, uncircumcisedH6189 in heartH3820, nor uncircumcisedH6189 in fleshH1320, shall enterH935(H8799) into my sanctuaryH4720, of any stranger that is amongH8432 the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.
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.
KJVAnd the LevitesH3881 that are gone away farH7368(H8804) from me, when IsraelH3478 went astrayH8582(H8800), which went astray awayH8582(H8804) from me afterH310 their idolsH1544; they shall even bearH5375(H8804) their iniquityH5771.
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.
KJVYet they shall be ministersH8334(H8764) in my sanctuaryH4720, having chargeH6486 at the gatesH8179 of the houseH1004, and ministeringH8334(H8764) to the houseH1004: they shall slayH7819(H8799) the burnt offeringH5930 and the sacrificeH2077 for the peopleH5971, and they shall standH5975(H8799) beforeH6440 them to ministerH8334(H8763) unto 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.
KJVBecause they ministeredH8334(H8762) unto them beforeH6440 their idolsH1544, and caused the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 to fallH4383 into iniquityH5771; therefore have I lifted upH5375(H8804) mine handH3027 against them, saithH5002(H8803) the LordH136 GODH3069, and they shall bearH5375(H8804) their iniquityH5771.
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.
KJVAnd they shall not come nearH5066(H8799) unto me, to do the office of a priestH3547(H8763) unto me, nor to come nearH5066(H8800) to any of my holy thingsH6944, in the most holyH6944 place: but they shall bearH5375(H8804) their shameH3639, and their abominationsH8441 which they have committedH6213(H8804).
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.
KJVBut I will makeH5414(H8804) them keepersH8104(H8802) of the chargeH4931 of the houseH1004, for all the serviceH5656 thereof, and for all that shall be doneH6213(H8735) 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.
KJVBut the priestsH3548 the LevitesH3881, the sonsH1121 of ZadokH6659, that keptH8104(H8804) the chargeH4931 of my sanctuaryH4720 when the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 went astrayH8582(H8800) from me, they shall come nearH7126(H8799) to me to ministerH8334(H8763) unto me, and they shall standH5975(H8804) beforeH6440 me to offerH7126(H8687) unto me the fatH2459 and the bloodH1818, saithH5002(H8803) the LordH136 GODH3069:
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.
KJVThey shall enterH935(H8799) into my sanctuaryH4720, and they shall come nearH7126(H8799) to my tableH7979, to ministerH8334(H8763) unto me, and they shall keepH8104(H8804) my chargeH4931.
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.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that when they enterH935(H8800) in at the gatesH8179 of the innerH6442 courtH2691, they shall be clothedH3847(H8799) with linenH6593 garmentsH899; and no woolH6785 shall comeH5927(H8799) upon them, whiles they ministerH8334(H8763) in the gatesH8179 of the innerH6442 courtH2691, and withinH1004.
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.
KJVThey shall have linenH6593 bonnetsH6287 upon their headsH7218, and shall have linenH6593 breechesH4370 upon their loinsH4975; they shall not girdH2296(H8799) themselves with any thing that causeth sweatH3154.
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.
KJVAnd when they go forthH3318(H8800) into the utterH2435 courtH2691, even into the utterH2435 courtH2691 to the peopleH5971, they shall put offH6584(H8799) their garmentsH899 wherein they ministeredH8334(H8764), and layH3240(H8689) them in the holyH6944 chambersH3957, and they shall putH3847(H8804) on otherH312 garmentsH899; and they shall not sanctifyH6942(H8762) the peopleH5971 with their garmentsH899.
20 “‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
KJVNeither shall they shaveH1548(H8762) their headsH7218, nor suffer their locksH6545 to grow longH7971(H8762); they shall onlyH3697(H8800) pollH3697(H8799) their headsH7218.
21 None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
KJVNeither shall any priestH3548 drinkH8354(H8799) wineH3196, when they enterH935(H8800) into the innerH6442 courtH2691.
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.
KJVNeither shall they takeH3947(H8799) for their wivesH802 a widowH490, nor her that is put awayH1644(H8803): but they shall takeH3947(H8799) maidensH1330 of the seedH2233 of the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, or a widowH490 that had a priestH3548 before.
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.
KJVAnd they shall teachH3384(H8686) my peopleH5971 the difference between the holyH6944 and profaneH2455, and cause them to discernH3045(H8686) between the uncleanH2931 and the cleanH2889.
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.
KJVAnd in controversyH7379 they shall standH5975(H8799) in judgmentH8199(H8800); and they shall judgeH8199(H8799) it according to my judgmentsH4941: and they shall keepH8104(H8799) my lawsH8451 and my statutesH2708 in all mine assembliesH4150; and they shall hallowH6942(H8762) my sabbathsH7676.
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.
KJVAnd they shall comeH935(H8799) at no deadH4191(H8801) personH120 to defileH2930(H8800) themselves: but for fatherH1, or for motherH517, or for sonH1121, or for daughterH1323, for brotherH251, or for sisterH269 that hath had no husbandH376, they may defileH2930(H8691) themselves.
26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
KJVAnd afterH310 he is cleansedH2893, they shall reckonH5608(H8799) unto him sevenH7651 daysH3117.
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.
KJVAnd in the dayH3117 that he goethH935(H8800) into the sanctuaryH6944, unto the innerH6442 courtH2691, to ministerH8334(H8763) in the sanctuaryH6944, he shall offerH7126(H8686) his sin offeringH2403, saithH5002(H8803) the LordH136 GODH3069.
28 “‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.
KJVAnd it shall be unto them for an inheritanceH5159: I am their inheritanceH5159: and ye shall giveH5414(H8799) them no possessionH272 in IsraelH3478: I am their possessionH272.
29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
KJVThey shall eatH398(H8799) the meat offeringH4503, and the sin offeringH2403, and the trespass offeringH817; and every dedicated thingH2764 in IsraelH3478 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.
KJVAnd the firstH7225 of all the firstfruitsH1061 of all things, and every oblationH8641 of all, of every sort of your oblationsH8641, shall be the priest'sH3548: ye shall also giveH5414(H8799) unto the priestH3548 the firstH7225 of your doughH6182, that he may cause the blessingH1293 to restH5117(H8687) in thine houseH1004.
31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.
KJVThe priestsH3548 shall not eatH398(H8799) of any thing that is dead of itselfH5038, or tornH2966, whether it be fowlH5775 or beastH929.
Ezekiel 44
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