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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 44
The glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord—No strangers may
enter the sanctuary—Services of the priests in the temple are set
forth.
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1 THEN he brought me back
the way of the agate of the outward sanctuary which looketh
toward the east; and it was shut.
2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall
be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because
the LORD, the God of Israel, hath aentered in by
ita, therefore
it shall be shut.
3 It is for the
aprince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat
bbread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the
porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
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2a the LORD, the God of Israel, hath
entered in by it The east gate of the temple is that gate which
opens upon the main front doors of the temple sanctuary. It is the enterance
by which the Lord does enter into his temple.
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4 ¶ Then brought he me the way of the
anorth gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold,
the bglory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I
cfell upon my face.
5 And the LORD 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 the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
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6 And thou shalt say to the
arebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your
abominations,
7 In that ye have brought into my
sanctuary astrangers, uncircumcised in heart, and
uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to bpollute
it, even my house, when ye offer my cbread, the
dfat and the eblood, and they have broken
my fcovenant because of all your abominations.
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.
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9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger,
auncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall
enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of
Israel.
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 ainiquity.
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11 Yet they shall be ministers in my
asanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house,
and bministering 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.
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 the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
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13 And they shall not come
anear unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to
come near to any of my holy things, in the most bholy
place: but they shall bear their cshame, and their
abominations which they have committed.
14 But I will make them
akeepers of the charge of the house, for all the service
thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
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15 ¶ But the apriests
the bLevites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my
sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall
ccome 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 GOD:
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and
they shall come near to my atable, to minister unto me, and
they shall keep my charge.
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17 ¶ And it shall come to pass,
that when they aenter in at the gates of the inner
court, they shall be clothed with blinen garments; and no
wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner
court, and within.
18 They shall have linen
abonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
bbreeches upon their loins; they shall not gird
themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into the utter
court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off
their agarments 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.
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20 Neither shall they ashave
their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only
bpoll their heads.
21 Neither shall any apriest
drink bwine, when they enter into the inner court.
22 Neither shall they take for their wives a
awidow, nor her that is bput away: but
they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that
had a priest before.
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23 And they shall ateach my
people the bdifference between the
choly and profane, and cause them to discern between the
dunclean and the clean.
24 And in acontroversy they
shall stand in judgment; and they shall bjudge it
according to my cjudgments: and they shall keep my laws and
my statutes in all mine dassemblies; and they shall hallow
my esabbaths.
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25 And they shall come at no
adead 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.
26 And after he is
acleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
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.
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28 And ait shall be unto
them for an binheritance: I am their inheritance:
and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their
possession.
29 They shall eat the ameat
offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every
dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
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30 And the first of all the
afirstfruits of all things, and every
boblation of all, of every sort of your oblations,
shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your
cdough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine
house.
31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that
is adead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or
beast.
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