| 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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