Ezekiel 44 (kjv)

Then he brought me back^H7725 the way^H1870 of the gate^H8179 of the outward^H2435 sanctuary^H4720 which looketh^H6437 toward the east^H6921; and it was shut^H5462.²Then said^H559 the LORD^H3068 unto me; This gate^H8179 shall be shut^H5462, it shall not be opened^H6605, and no man^H376 shall enter^H935 in by it; because the LORD^H3068, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478, hath entered^H935 in by it, therefore it shall be shut^H5462.³It is for the prince^H5387; the prince^H5387, he shall sit^H3427 in it to eat^H398 bread^H3899 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068; he shall enter^H935 by the way^H1870 of the porch^H197 of that gate^H8179, and shall go out^H3318 by the way^H1870 of the same.

⁴Then brought^H935 he me the way^H1870 of the north^H6828 gate^H8179 before^H6440 the house^H1004: and I looked^H7200, and, behold, the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 filled^H4390 the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068: and I fell^H5307 upon my face^H6440.⁵And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Son^H1121 of man^H120, mark^H7760 well^H3820, and behold^H7200 with thine eyes^H5869, and hear^H8085 with thine ears^H241 all that I say^H1696 unto thee concerning all the ordinances^H2708 of the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068, and all the laws^H8451 thereof; and mark^H7760 well^H3820 the entering in^H3996 of the house^H1004, with every going forth^H4161 of the sanctuary^H4720.⁶And thou shalt say^H559 to the rebellious^H4805, even to the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; O ye house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, let it suffice^H7227 you of all your abominations^H8441,⁷In that ye have brought^H935 into my sanctuary strangers^{H1121 H5236}, uncircumcised^H6189 in heart^H3820, and uncircumcised^H6189 in flesh^H1320, to be in my sanctuary^H4720, to pollute^H2490 it, even my house^H1004, when ye offer^H7126 my bread^H3899, the fat^H2459 and the blood^H1818, and they have broken^H6565 my covenant^H1285 because^H413 of all your abominations^H8441.⁸And ye have not kept^H8104 the charge^H4931 of mine holy things^H6944: but ye have set^H7760 keepers^H8104 of my charge^H4931 in my sanctuary^H4720 for yourselves.

⁹Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069; No stranger^{H1121 H5236}, uncircumcised^H6189 in heart^H3820, nor uncircumcised^H6189 in flesh^H1320, shall enter^H935 into my sanctuary^H4720, of any stranger that is among^H8432 the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478.¹⁰And the Levites^H3881 that are gone away far^H7368 from me, when Israel^H3478 went astray^H8582, which went astray away^H8582 from me after^H310 their idols^H1544; they shall even bear^H5375 their iniquity^H5771.¹¹Yet they shall be ministers^H8334 in my sanctuary^H4720, having charge^H6486 at the gates^H8179 of the house^H1004, and ministering^H8334 to the house^H1004: they shall slay^H7819 the burnt offering^H5930 and the sacrifice^H2077 for the people^H5971, and they shall stand^H5975 before^H6440 them to minister^H8334 unto them.¹²Because they ministered^H8334 unto them before^H6440 their idols^H1544, and caused the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 to fall^H4383 into iniquity^H5771; therefore have I lifted up^H5375 mine hand^H3027 against them, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, and they shall bear^H5375 their iniquity^H5771.¹³And they shall not come near^H5066 unto me, to do the office of a priest^H3547 unto me, nor to come near^H5066 to any of my holy things^H6944, in the most holy^H6944 place: but they shall bear^H5375 their shame^H3639, and their abominations^H8441 which they have committed^H6213.¹⁴But I will make^H5414 them keepers^H8104 of the charge^H4931 of the house^H1004, for all the service^H5656 thereof, and for all that shall be done^H6213 therein.

¹⁵But the priests^H3548 the Levites^H3881, the sons^H1121 of Zadok^H6659, that kept^H8104 the charge^H4931 of my sanctuary^H4720 when the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 went astray^H8582 from me, they shall come near^H7126 to me to minister^H8334 unto me, and they shall stand^H5975 before^H6440 me to offer^H7126 unto me the fat^H2459 and the blood^H1818, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069:¹⁶They shall enter^H935 into my sanctuary^H4720, and they shall come near^H7126 to my table^H7979, to minister^H8334 unto me, and they shall keep^H8104 my charge^H4931.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that when they enter^H935 in at the gates^H8179 of the inner^H6442 court^H2691, they shall be clothed^H3847 with linen^H6593 garments^H899; and no wool^H6785 shall come^H5927 upon them, whiles they minister^H8334 in the gates^H8179 of the inner^H6442 court^H2691, and within^H1004.¹⁸They shall have linen^H6593 bonnets^H6287 upon their heads^H7218, and shall have linen^H6593 breeches^H4370 upon their loins^H4975; they shall not gird^H2296 themselves with any thing that causeth sweat^H3154.¹⁹And when they go forth^H3318 into the utter^H2435 court^H2691, even into the utter^H2435 court^H2691 to the people^H5971, they shall put off^H6584 their garments^H899 wherein they ministered^H8334, and lay^H3240 them in the holy^H6944 chambers^H3957, and they shall put^H3847 on other^H312 garments^H899; and they shall not sanctify^H6942 the people^H5971 with their garments^H899.²⁰Neither shall they shave^H1548 their heads^H7218, nor suffer their locks^H6545 to grow long^H7971; they shall only^H3697 poll^H3697 their heads^H7218.²¹Neither shall any priest^H3548 drink^H8354 wine^H3196, when they enter^H935 into the inner^H6442 court^H2691.²²Neither shall they take^H3947 for their wives^H802 a widow^H490, nor her that is put away^H1644: but they shall take^H3947 maidens^H1330 of the seed^H2233 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, or a widow^H490 that had a priest^H3548 before.²³And they shall teach^H3384 my people^H5971 the difference between the holy^H6944 and profane^H2455, and cause them to discern^H3045 between the unclean^H2931 and the clean^H2889.²⁴And in controversy^H7379 they shall stand^H5975 in judgment^H8199; and they shall judge^H8199 it according to my judgments^H4941: and they shall keep^H8104 my laws^H8451 and my statutes^H2708 in all mine assemblies^H4150; and they shall hallow^H6942 my sabbaths^H7676.²⁵And they shall come^H935 at no dead^H4191 person^H120 to defile^H2930 themselves: but for father^H1, or for mother^H517, or for son^H1121, or for daughter^H1323, for brother^H251, or for sister^H269 that hath had no husband^H376, they may defile^H2930 themselves.²⁶And after^H310 he is cleansed^H2893, they shall reckon^H5608 unto him seven^H7651 days^H3117.²⁷And in the day^H3117 that he goeth^H935 into the sanctuary^H6944, unto the inner^H6442 court^H2691, to minister^H8334 in the sanctuary^H6944, he shall offer^H7126 his sin offering^H2403, saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3069.²⁸And it shall be unto them for an inheritance^H5159: I am their inheritance^H5159: and ye shall give^H5414 them no possession^H272 in Israel^H3478: I am their possession^H272.²⁹They shall eat^H398 the meat offering^H4503, and the sin offering^H2403, and the trespass offering^H817; and every dedicated thing^H2764 in Israel^H3478 shall be theirs.³⁰And the first^H7225 of all the firstfruits^H1061 of all things, and every oblation^H8641 of all, of every sort of your oblations^H8641, shall be the priest's^H3548: ye shall also give^H5414 unto the priest^H3548 the first^H7225 of your dough^H6182, that he may cause the blessing^H1293 to rest^H5117 in thine house^H1004.³¹The priests^H3548 shall not eat^H398 of any thing that is dead of itself^H5038, or torn^H2966, whether it be fowl^H5775 or beast^H929.