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.

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¹ Then he brought me back ^H7725 the way ^H1870 of the gate ^H8179 of the outward ^H2435 sanctuary ^H4720 which looketh ^H6437 toward the east; ^H6921 and it was shut. ^H5462

² Then said ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 unto me; This gate ^H8179 shall be shut, ^H5462 it shall not be opened, ^H6605 and no man ^H376 shall enter ^H935 in by it; because the LORD, ^H3068 the God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 hath entered ^H935 in by it, therefore it shall be shut. ^H5462

³ It is for the prince; ^H5387 the prince, ^H5387 he shall sit ^H3427 in it to eat ^H398 bread ^H3899 before ^H6440 the LORD; ^H3068 he shall enter ^H935 by the way ^H1870 of the porch ^H197 of that gate, ^H8179 and shall go out ^H3318 by the way ^H1870 of the same.

⁴ Then brought ^H935 he me the way ^H1870 of the north ^H6828 gate ^H8179 before ^H6440 the house: ^H1004 and I looked, ^H7200 and, behold, the glory ^H3519 of the LORD ^H3068 filled ^H4390 the house ^H1004 of the LORD: ^H3068 and I fell ^H5307 upon my face. ^H6440

⁵ And the LORD ^H3068 said ^H559 unto me, Son ^H1121 of man, ^H120 mark ^H7760 well, ^H3820 and behold ^H7200 with thine eyes, ^H5869 and hear ^H8085 with thine ears ^H241 all that I say ^H1696 unto thee concerning all the ordinances ^H2708 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 and all the laws ^H8451 thereof; and mark ^H7760 well ^H3820 the entering in ^H3996 of the house, ^H1004 with every going forth ^H4161 of the sanctuary. ^H4720

⁶ And thou shalt say ^H559 to the rebellious, ^H4805 even to the house ^H1004 of Israel, ^H3478 Thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD; ^H3069 O ye house ^H1004 of Israel, ^H3478 let it suffice ^H7227 you of all your abominations, ^H8441

⁷ In that ye have brought ^H935 into my sanctuary strangers, ^{H1121 H5236} uncircumcised ^H6189 in heart, ^H3820 and uncircumcised ^H6189 in flesh, ^H1320 to be in my sanctuary, ^H4720 to pollute ^H2490 it, even my house, ^H1004 when ye offer ^H7126 my bread, ^H3899 the fat ^H2459 and the blood, ^H1818 and they have broken ^H6565 my covenant ^H1285 because ^H413 of all your abominations. ^H8441

⁸ And ye have not kept ^H8104 the charge ^H4931 of mine holy things: ^H6944 but ye have set ^H7760 keepers ^H8104 of my charge ^H4931 in my sanctuary ^H4720 for yourselves.

⁹ Thus saith ^H559 the Lord ^H136 GOD; ^H3069 No stranger, ^{H1121 H5236} uncircumcised ^H6189 in heart, ^H3820 nor uncircumcised ^H6189 in flesh, ^H1320 shall enter ^H935 into my sanctuary, ^H4720 of any stranger that is among ^H8432 the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

¹⁰ And the Levites ^H3881 that are gone away far ^H7368 from me, when Israel ^H3478 went astray, ^H8582 which went astray away ^H8582 from me after ^H310 their idols; ^H1544 they shall even bear ^H5375 their iniquity. ^H5771

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers ^H8334 in my sanctuary, ^H4720 having charge ^H6486 at the gates ^H8179 of the house, ^H1004 and ministering ^H8334 to the house: ^H1004 they shall slay ^H7819 the burnt offering ^H5930 and the sacrifice ^H2077 for the people, ^H5971 and they shall stand ^H5975 before ^H6440 them to minister ^H8334 unto them.

¹² Because they ministered ^H8334 unto them before ^H6440 their idols, ^H1544 and caused the house ^H1004 of Israel ^H3478 to fall ^H4383 into iniquity; ^H5771 therefore have I lifted up ^H5375 mine hand ^H3027 against them, saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD, ^H3069 and they shall bear ^H5375 their iniquity. ^H5771

¹³ And they shall not come near ^H5066 unto me, to do the office of a priest ^H3547 unto me, nor to come near ^H5066 to any of my holy things, ^H6944 in the most holy ^H6944 place: but they shall bear ^H5375 their shame, ^H3639 and their abominations ^H8441 which they have committed. ^H6213

¹⁴ But I will make ^H5414 them keepers ^H8104 of the charge ^H4931 of the house, ^H1004 for all the service ^H5656 thereof, and for all that shall be done ^H6213 therein.

¹⁵ But the priests ^H3548 the Levites, ^H3881 the sons ^H1121 of Zadok, ^H6659 that kept ^H8104 the charge ^H4931 of my sanctuary ^H4720 when the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 went astray ^H8582 from me, they shall come near ^H7126 to me to minister ^H8334 unto me, and they shall stand ^H5975 before ^H6440 me to offer ^H7126 unto me the fat ^H2459 and the blood, ^H1818 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD: ^H3069

¹⁶ They shall enter ^H935 into my sanctuary, ^H4720 and they shall come near ^H7126 to my table, ^H7979 to minister ^H8334 unto me, and they shall keep ^H8104 my charge. ^H4931

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass, that when they enter ^H935 in at the gates ^H8179 of the inner ^H6442 court, ^H2691 they shall be clothed ^H3847 with linen ^H6593 garments; ^H899 and no wool ^H6785 shall come ^H5927 upon them, whiles they minister ^H8334 in the gates ^H8179 of the inner ^H6442 court, ^H2691 and within. ^H1004

¹⁸ They shall have linen ^H6593 bonnets ^H6287 upon their heads, ^H7218 and shall have linen ^H6593 breeches ^H4370 upon their loins; ^H4975 they shall not gird ^H2296 themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. ^H3154

¹⁹ And when they go forth ^H3318 into the utter ^H2435 court, ^H2691 even into the utter ^H2435 court ^H2691 to the people, ^H5971 they shall put off ^H6584 their garments ^H899 wherein they ministered, ^H8334 and lay ^H3240 them in the holy ^H6944 chambers, ^H3957 and they shall put ^H3847 on other ^H312 garments; ^H899 and they shall not sanctify ^H6942 the people ^H5971 with their garments. ^H899

²⁰ Neither shall they shave ^H1548 their heads, ^H7218 nor suffer their locks ^H6545 to grow long; ^H7971 they shall only ^H3697 poll ^H3697 their heads. ^H7218

²¹ Neither shall any priest ^H3548 drink ^H8354 wine, ^H3196 when they enter ^H935 into the inner ^H6442 court. ^H2691

²² Neither shall they take ^H3947 for their wives ^H802 a widow, ^H490 nor her that is put away: ^H1644 but they shall take ^H3947 maidens ^H1330 of the seed ^H2233 of the house ^H1004 of Israel, ^H3478 or a widow ^H490 that had a priest ^H3548 before.

²³ And they shall teach ^H3384 my people ^H5971 the difference between the holy ^H6944 and profane, ^H2455 and cause them to discern ^H3045 between the unclean ^H2931 and the clean. ^H2889

²⁴ And in controversy ^H7379 they shall stand ^H5975 in judgment; ^H8199 and they shall judge ^H8199 it according to my judgments: ^H4941 and they shall keep ^H8104 my laws ^H8451 and my statutes ^H2708 in all mine assemblies; ^H4150 and they shall hallow ^H6942 my sabbaths. ^H7676

²⁵ And they shall come ^H935 at no dead ^H4191 person ^H120 to defile ^H2930 themselves: but for father, ^H1 or for mother, ^H517 or for son, ^H1121 or for daughter, ^H1323 for brother, ^H251 or for sister ^H269 that hath had no husband, ^H376 they may defile ^H2930 themselves.

²⁶ And after ^H310 he is cleansed, ^H2893 they shall reckon ^H5608 unto him seven ^H7651 days. ^H3117

²⁷ And in the day ^H3117 that he goeth ^H935 into the sanctuary, ^H6944 unto the inner ^H6442 court, ^H2691 to minister ^H8334 in the sanctuary, ^H6944 he shall offer ^H7126 his sin offering, ^H2403 saith ^H5002 the Lord ^H136 GOD. ^H3069

²⁸ And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: ^H5159 I am their inheritance: ^H5159 and ye shall give ^H5414 them no possession ^H272 in Israel: ^H3478 I am their possession. ^H272

²⁹ They shall eat ^H398 the meat offering, ^H4503 and the sin offering, ^H2403 and the trespass offering; ^H817 and every dedicated thing ^H2764 in Israel ^H3478 shall be theirs.

³⁰ And the first ^H7225 of all the firstfruits ^H1061 of all things, and every oblation ^H8641 of all, of every sort of your oblations, ^H8641 shall be the priest's: ^H3548 ye shall also give ^H5414 unto the priest ^H3548 the first ^H7225 of your dough, ^H6182 that he may cause the blessing ^H1293 to rest ^H5117 in thine house. ^H1004

³¹ The priests ^H3548 shall not eat ^H398 of any thing that is dead of itself, ^H5038 or torn, ^H2966 whether it be fowl ^H5775 or beast. ^H929

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¹ Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

² And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

³ As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴ Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

⁵ And Jehovah 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 Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every egress of the sanctuary.

⁶ And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

⁷ in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, `to add' unto all your abominations.

⁸ And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

¹⁰ But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall 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 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 became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.

¹³ And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴ Yet will I 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 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 be 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 tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with `anything that causeth' sweat.

¹⁹ And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

²⁰ Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

²¹ Neither shall any of the priests 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 virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

²³ And 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 And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

²⁵ And 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 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, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

²⁸ And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye 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 And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.

³¹ The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

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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 priests': 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.

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¹ And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.

² And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter in by it: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; and it shall be shut.

³ As for the prince, he, the prince, shall sit in it to eat bread before Jehovah: he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴ And he brought me the way of the north gate before the house; and I beheld, and lo, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.

⁵ And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, apply thy heart, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary;

⁶ and say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you of all your abominations, O house of Israel,

⁷ in that ye have brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, [even] my house, when ye offered my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations.

⁸ And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

¹⁰ But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;

¹¹ but they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and doing the service of the house: they shall slaughter 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 were unto the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.

¹³ And they shall not draw near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to draw near to any of my holy things, [even] to the most holy; but they shall bear their confusion, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴ And 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 approach unto me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to present unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah.

¹⁶ They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass 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, when they minister in the gates of the inner court, and towards the house.

¹⁸ They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird on anything that causeth sweat.

¹⁹ And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy cells; and they shall put on other garments, that they may not hallow the people with their garments.

²⁰ Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.

²¹ Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

²² And they shall not 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 is the widow of a priest.

²³ And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.

²⁴ And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

²⁵ And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.

²⁶ And after he is cleansed, they shall count unto him seven days.

²⁷ And on the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall present his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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 oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

³⁰ And the first of all the first-fruits of every [kind], and every heave-offering of every [kind], of all your heave-offerings, shall be for the priests; ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest on thy house.

³¹ The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast.

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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, neither shall any man 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 therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

⁴ Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and 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 the house of Yahweh, and all the laws of it; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

⁶ You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you 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 kept the charge of my holy things; but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

⁹ Thus says the Lord Yahweh, 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 shall 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 have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall 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 shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴ Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service of it, 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 to me; and 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 charge.

¹⁷ It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

¹⁸ They shall have linen tires on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with [anything that causes] sweat.

¹⁹ When they go forth 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 chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

²⁰ Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

²¹ Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

²² Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed 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; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and 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 be bird or animal.

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¹ And he took me back to the outer doorway of the holy place, looking to the east; and it was shut.

² And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.

³ But the ruler will be seated there to take his food before the Lord; he will go in by the covered way to the door, and will come out by the same way.

⁴ And he took me to the north doorway in front of the house; and, looking, I saw that the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord; and I went down on my face.

⁵ And the Lord said to me, Son of man, take to heart, and let your eyes see and your ears be open to everything I say to you about all the rules of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and take note of the ways into the house and all the ways out of the holy place.

⁶ And say to the uncontrolled children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: O you children of Israel, let it be enough for you, among the disgusting things which you have done,

⁷ To have let men from strange lands, without circumcision of heart or flesh, come into my holy place, making my house unclean; and to have made the offering of my food, even the fat and the blood; and in addition to all your disgusting ways, you have let my agreement be broken.

⁸ And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.

⁹ For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.

¹⁰ But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.

¹¹ But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants.

¹² Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.

¹³ And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.

¹⁴ But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.

¹⁵ But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

¹⁶ They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.

¹⁷ And when they come in by the doorways of the inner square, they are to be clothed in linen robes; there is to be no wool on them while they are doing my work in the doorway of the inner square and inside the house.

¹⁸ They are to have linen head-dresses on their heads and linen trousers on their legs, and they are to have nothing round them to make their skin wet with heat.

¹⁹ And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

²⁰ They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.

²¹ The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

²² And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

²³ And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.

²⁴ In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

²⁵ They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

²⁶ And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.

²⁷ And on the day when he goes into the inner square, to do the work of the holy place, he is to make his sin-offering, says the Lord.

²⁸ And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

²⁹ Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.

³⁰ And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.

³¹ The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.