Verse
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King James Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Then he
brought me back the
way
of
the gate of the outward
sanctuary which
looketh
toward
the
east ;
and
it was shut.
The
man
then brought me back to
the outer
gate of the sanctuary that
faced
east ,
but
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.
And
the LORD said
to
me ,
“
This gate is
to
remain
shut .
It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through
it ,
because the LORD, the God of Israel, has
entered through
it .
Therefore it will
remain
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.
Only
the prince himself
may
sit inside
the
gateway
to eat in
the presence
of
the
LORD .
He must
enter by way of the portico
of the
gateway
and go out the same way
. ”
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
.
Then the
man
brought me to
the front
of
the
temple
by
way of the north gate .
I looked and saw
the glory of the LORD filling
His
temple,
and I fell facedown
.
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.
The LORD said to
me :
“
Son of man, pay
attention;
look
carefully
with your
eyes and listen
closely
with your
ears to
everything
I tell
you
concerning all the statutes
and
laws
of the house of the LORD .
Take
careful
note
of the entrance
to
the
temple
, along
with all
the
exits
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,
Tell
the rebellious house of Israel that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD says:
‘I
have
had
enough
of all your abominations, O
house
of
Israel.
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
.
In addition
to
all
your
other
abominations
, you
brought
in
foreigners
uncircumcised in both
heart and flesh to occupy
My sanctuary ;
you
defiled
My temple
when you
offered
My food—
the fat and the blood ;
you
broke
My covenant.
And ye
have not kept the
charge of mine
holy things :
but ye
have set
keepers
of
my
charge in
my sanctuary for yourselves
.
And you
have not kept charge of My
holy things ,
but have appointed
others
to
keep
charge of
My sanctuary for you
. ’
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
.
This
is
what
the Lord GOD says:
No foreigner
uncircumcised in heart and
flesh may
enter My sanctuary —not
even
a
foreigner
who
lives
among the Israelites
.
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.
Surely
the Levites who
wandered
away from Me when Israel went astray, and
who
wandered
away from Me after their idols ,
will
bear the
consequences
of
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.
Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of
the gates of the temple
and ministering there.
They shall slaughter
the burnt offerings
and other
sacrifices
for the people and stand before them to minister to
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.
Because they ministered before their idols and became
a
stumbling
block
of
iniquity
to
the house of Israel ,
therefore I swore
with
an
uplifted
hand concerning
them that
they would
bear the
consequences
of
their iniquity ,
declares
the
Lord
GOD
.
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.
They must
not approach
Me to serve
Me as
priests
or
come near any of My holy things or
the most holy things.
They will
bear the
shame of
the
abominations 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
.
Yet
I will appoint
them to
keep
charge of all
the work
for the temple
and everything
to
be done in
it
.
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 :
But the Levitical
priests, who
are
descended
from
Zadok and
who
kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites
went astray from Me, are
to approach
Me to minister before
Me .
They will
stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares
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.
They alone
shall enter My sanctuary and draw
near to My table to minister before
Me .
They will
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
.
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are
to
wear
linen garments; they
must
not
wear
anything
made
of
wool when
they minister at
the gates of the inner court or
inside
the
temple
.
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
.
They are
to
wear
linen turbans
on
their heads and linen undergarments
around
their waists.
They must
not wear
anything
that makes
them
perspire
.
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.
When they go out
to
the outer
court, to the people, they are
to
take
off the
garments in
which
they have
ministered, leave
them in the holy chambers, and dress
in
other clothes
so
that
they do
not transmit
holiness
to
the people with their garments.
Neither
shall
they shave their heads ,
nor
suffer
their locks
to
grow long ;
they
shall
only
poll
their heads
.
They must
not
shave their heads or
let
their hair
grow long ,
but
must
carefully
trim
their hair
.
Neither
shall
any
priest drink wine ,
when
they
enter
into
the inner court.
No
priest may
drink wine before
he
enters
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
not
marry
a widow or
a
divorced
woman
, but must
marry
a
virgin
of the descendants
of the house of Israel, or a widow of
a priest.
And
they shall
teach my people the difference between the holy and profane
, and cause
them to discern between the unclean
and the clean
.
They are
to
teach My people the difference between the holy and the
common
, and show
them how
to discern between the clean
and the unclean
.
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.
In any
dispute,
they shall officiate
as
judges
and judge according to My ordinances.
They must
keep My laws and statutes regarding
all My
appointed
feasts,
and they must
keep
My Sabbaths holy
.
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.
A
priest
must
not
defile
himself
by
going
near
a
dead person .
However,
for a
father, a
mother, a
son, a
daughter, a
brother, or an
unmarried
sister, he
may do
so,
And after he is cleansed, they
shall
reckon
unto
him
seven days.
and after he is cleansed, he
must
count
off
seven days for
himself
.
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 on
the day he goes
into the sanctuary, into
the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must
present
his sin offering, declares
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.
In
regard
to
their
inheritance ,
I am their inheritance .
You
are
to
give them no possession in Israel ,
for
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
.
They shall eat the grain
offerings
, the sin offerings
, and the guilt
offerings.
Everything
in Israel devoted
to
the
LORD
will
belong
to
them
.
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 best
of all the firstfruits and of every contribution
from
all
your offerings
will
belong
to
the priests.
You
are
to
give your
first batch
of dough to
the
priest
, so
that a
blessing may
rest upon
your
homes
.
The priests shall
not eat of
any thing
that
is
dead of
itself,
or torn ,
whether
it
be
fowl
or
beast
.
The priests may
not eat any bird
or
animal
found
dead or torn by
wild
beasts
.
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