Then he brought me back the way
of the gate
of the outward
sanctuary
which looketh
toward the east
; and it was shut
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
,
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
.
And ye have not kept the charge
of mine holy things
: but ye have set
keepers
of my charge
in my sanctuary
for yourselves.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.
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.
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
:
They shall enter into my sanctuary
, and they shall come near
to my table
, to minister
unto me, and they shall keep
my charge
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
Neither shall they shave their heads
, nor suffer their locks
to grow long
; they shall only
poll
their heads
.
Neither shall any priest drink
wine
, when they enter
into the inner
court
.
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.
And they shall teach my people
the difference between the holy
and profane
, and cause them to discern
between the unclean
and the clean
.
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
.
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.
And after he is cleansed
, they shall reckon
unto him seven
days
.
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
.
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
.
They shall eat the meat offering
, and the sin offering
, and the trespass offering
; and every dedicated thing
in Israel
shall be theirs.
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
.
The priests shall not eat
of any thing that is dead of itself
, or torn
, whether it be fowl
or beast
.