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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 faces the east; and it was shut. |
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Ezekiel 44:2
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The LORD said to me, "This gate shall be shut;
it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the LORD God of Israel
has entered 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 in it as prince
to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and
shall go out by the same way." |
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Ezekiel 44:4
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Then He brought me by way of the north gate
to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled
the house of the LORD, and I fell on my face. |
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Ezekiel 44:5
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The LORD said to me, "Son of man, mark well,
see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all
the statutes of the house of the LORD and concerning all its laws; and mark well
the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary. |
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Ezekiel 44:6
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"You shall say to the rebellious ones, to the
house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough of all your abominations, O
house of Israel, |
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Ezekiel 44:7
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when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised
in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even
My house, when you offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they made My covenant
void--this in addition to all your abominations. |
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Ezekiel 44:8
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"And you have not kept charge of My holy things
yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary." |
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Ezekiel 44:9
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'Thus says the Lord GOD, "No foreigner uncircumcised
in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons
of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary. |
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Ezekiel 44:10
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"But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel
went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment
for 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 slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they
shall stand before them to minister to them. |
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Ezekiel 44:12
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"Because they ministered to them before their
idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore
I have sworn against them," declares the Lord GOD, "that they shall bear the punishment
for their iniquity. |
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Ezekiel 44:13
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"And they shall not come near to Me to serve
as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the things that
are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they
have committed. |
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Ezekiel 44:14
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"Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the
house, of all its service and of all that shall be done in it. |
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Ordinances for the Levites |
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Ezekiel 44:15
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"But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok,
who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall
come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me
the fat and the blood," declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 44:16
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"They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come
near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge. |
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Ezekiel 44:17
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"It shall be that when they enter at the gates
of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and wool shall
not be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and
in the house. |
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Ezekiel 44:18
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"Linen turbans shall be on their heads and linen
undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything
which makes them sweat. |
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Ezekiel 44:19
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"When they go out into the outer court, into
the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they
have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on
other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their
garments. |
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Ezekiel 44:20
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"Also they shall not shave their heads, yet
they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their
heads. |
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Ezekiel 44:21
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"Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when
they enter the inner court. |
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Ezekiel 44:22
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"And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced
woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow
who is the widow of a priest. |
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Ezekiel 44:23
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"Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference
between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean
and the clean. |
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Ezekiel 44:24
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"In a dispute they shall take their stand to
judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My
laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My sabbaths. |
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Ezekiel 44:25
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"They shall not go to a dead person to defile
themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother,
or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. |
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Ezekiel 44:26
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"After he is cleansed, seven days shall elapse
for him. |
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Ezekiel 44:27
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"On the day that he goes into the sanctuary,
into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,"
declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 44:28
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"And it shall be with regard to an inheritance
for them, that I am their inheritance; and you 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 grain offering, the sin
offering and the guilt offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
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Ezekiel 44:30
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"The first of all the first fruits of every
kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall
be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough
to cause a blessing to rest on your house. |
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Ezekiel 44:31
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"The priests shall not eat any bird or beast
that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces. |
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