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Ezekiel 44

31 aligned verses; 31 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And he causeth me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward , and it is shut.
The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east , but it was shut.
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.
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.
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. '
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 .
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 .
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 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 ,
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 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.
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 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,
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 My holy things, and ye set `them' for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.
`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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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,
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.
and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
`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:
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 come in unto My sanctuary , and they draw near unto My table to serve Me , and they have kept 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 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 .
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 .
Linen bonnets are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with 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 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.
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.
And their head they do not shave , and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair .
And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
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 .
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 My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
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 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 .
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 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.
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 his cleansing , seven days they number to him .
and after he is cleansed , he must count off seven days for himself .
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 .
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 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.
In regard to their inheritance , I am their inheritance . You are to give them no possession in Israel , for I am their possession.
The present , and the sin -offering , and the guilt -offering, they do eat, and every devoted thing in Israel is 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 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 .
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 .
Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts .

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