44:1 Then he brought me back by the way of
the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut.
44:2 And Yehovah said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no one shall pass through it; for Yehovah Elohim of Israel shall
enter by it, and it shall be shut.
44:3 For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before Yehovah; he
shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the
way of the same.
44:4 And he brought me in by the way of the gate that looks northward, in
front of the house: and I looked, and, behold, the house was full of the
glory of Yehovah: and I fell upon my face.
44:5 And Yehovah said to me, Son of man, attend with thine heart, and see
with [thine] eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say to thee,
according to all the ordinances of the house of Yehovah, and all the
regulations thereof; and thou shalt attend well to the entrance of the
house, according to all its outlets, in all the holy things.
44:6 And thou shalt say to the provoking house, [even] to the house of
Israel, Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Let it suffice you [to have committed] all
your iniquities, O house of Israel!
44:7 that ye have brought in aliens, uncircumcised in heart, and
uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to profane it, when ye
offered bread, flesh, and blood; and ye transgressed my covenant by all your
iniquities;
44:8 and ye appointed [others] to keep the charges in my sanctuary.
44:9 Therefore thus saith Yehovah Elohim; No alien, uncircumcised in heart or
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the children
of strangers that are in the midst of the house of Israel.
44:10 But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went
astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their
iniquity.
44:11 yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, [being] porters at the gates
of the house, and serving the house: they shall slay the victims and the
whole-burnt-offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people
to minister to them.
44:12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and it became to
the house of Israel a punishment of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my
hand against them, saith Yehovah Elohim.
44:13 And they shall not draw nigh to me to minister to me in the priests'
office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor [to
approach] my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the
error wherein they erred.
44:14 They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the
service of it, and for all that they shall do.
44:15 The priests the Levites, the sons of Sadduc, who kept the charges of
my sanctuary when the house of Israel when astray from me, these shall draw
night to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer
sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, saith Yehovah Elohim.
44:16 These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my
table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges.
44:17 And it shall come to pass when they enter the gates of the inner
court, [that] they shall put on linen robes; and they shall not put on
woollen garments when they minister at the gate of the inner court.
44:18 And they shall have linen mitres upon their heads, and shall have
linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves.
44:19 And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall
put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in
the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall
not sanctify the people with their robes.
44:20 And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their
hair; they shall carefully cover their heads.
44:21 And no priest shall drink any wine, when they go into the inner court.
44:22 Neither shall they take to themselves to wife a widow, or one that is
put away, but a virgin of the seed of Israel: but if there should happen to
be a priest's widow, they shall take [her].
44:23 And they shall teach my people [to distinguish] between holy and
profane, and they shall make known to them [the difference] between unclean
and clean.
44:24 And these shall attend at a judgment of blood to decide it: they shall
rightly observe my ordinances, and judge my judgments, and keep my statutes
and my commandments in all my feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
44:25 And they shall not go in to the dead body of a man to defile
themselves: only [a priest] may defile himself for a father, or for a
mother, or for a on, or for a daughter, or for a brother, or for his sister,
who has not been married.
44:26 And after he has been cleansed, let him number to himself seven days.
44:27 And on whatsoever day they shall enter into the inner court to
minister in the holy place, they shall bring a propitiation, saith Yehovah
Elohim.
44:28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance:
and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am
their possession.
44:29 And these shall eat the meat-offerings, and the sin-offerings, and the
trespass-offerings; and every special offering in Israel shall be theirs.
44:30 [And] the first-fruits of all things, and the first-born of all
[animals] and all offerings, of all your first-fruits there shall be [a
share] for the priests; and ye shall give your earliest produce to the
priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.
44:31 And the priests shall eat no bird or beast that dies of itself, or is
taken of wild beasts. |
44:1 Then he brought me back the way of the
gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was
shut.
44:2 Then said Yehovah unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be
opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because Yehovah, the Elohim of
Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
44:3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread
before Yehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and
shall go out by the way of the same.
44:4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I
looked, and, behold, the glory of Yehovah filled the house of Yehovah: and
I fell upon my face.
44:5 And Yehovah 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 Yehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well
the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
44:6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus
saith Yehovah GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your
abominations,
44:7 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.
44:8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set
keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
44:9 Thus saith Yehovah 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.
44:10 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.
44:11 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.
44:12 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 Yehovah GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
44:13 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.
44:14 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.
44:15 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 Yehovah GOD:
44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my
table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
44:17 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.
44:18 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.
44:19 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.
44:20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow
long; they shall only poll their heads.
44:21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner
court.
44:22 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.
44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and
profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
44:24 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.
44:25 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.
44:26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
44:27 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.
44:28 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.
44:29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
44:30 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.
44:31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or
torn, whether it be fowl or beast. |