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Ezekiel 44:1
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Then he brought me back by the way of the outer
gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. |
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Ezekiel 44:2
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:3
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:4
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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.
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Ezekiel 44:5
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:6
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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, |
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Ezekiel 44:7
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:8
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And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things;
but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. |
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Ezekiel 44:9
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:10
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:11
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:12
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:13
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:14
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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.
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Ezekiel 44:15
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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: |
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Ezekiel 44:16
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they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they
shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
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Ezekiel 44:17
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:18
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:19
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:20
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Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer
their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. |
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Ezekiel 44:21
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Neither shall any of the priests drink wine,
when they enter into the inner court. |
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Ezekiel 44:22
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:23
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:24
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:25
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:26
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And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon
unto him seven days. |
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Ezekiel 44:27
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:28
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And they shall have an inheritance: I am their
inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.
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Ezekiel 44:29
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They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering,
and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. |
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Ezekiel 44:30
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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. |
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Ezekiel 44:31
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The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth
of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast. |
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