Ezekiel 44 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Gate for the Prince

44 Then He brought me back by way of the (A)outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. 2 And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the (B)Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. 3 As for the (C)prince, he shall sit in it as prince to (D)eat bread before the Lord; he shall (E)enter by way of the (F)porch of the gate and shall go out [a]by the same way.”

4 Then He brought me by way of the (G)north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the (H)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I (I)fell on my face. 5 And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, [b](J)pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the (K)statutes of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and [c]pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary. 6 You shall say to the [d](L)rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord [e]God says: “(M)Enough of all your abominations, house of Israel, 7 when you brought in (N)foreigners, (O)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, My house, when you (P)offered My food, the fat, and the blood and they (Q)broke My covenant—this in addition to all your abominations. 8 And you have not [f](R)taken responsibility for My holy things yourselves, but you have appointed foreigners [g]to take responsibility for My sanctuary.”

9 ‘This is what the Lord God says: “(S)No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary. 10 But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who (T)went astray from Me [h]following their idols, shall (U)suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing. 11 Yet they shall be (V)ministers in My sanctuary, having (W)oversight at the gates of the house and (X)ministering in the house; they shall (Y)slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall (Z)stand before them to minister to them. 12 Since they ministered to them (AA)before their idols and became a (AB)stumbling block of wrongdoing to the house of Israel, for that reason I have [i](AC)sworn against them,” declares the Lord God, “that they shall (AD)suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing. 13 And they shall (AE)not approach Me to serve as priests for Me, nor approach any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will (AF)bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. 14 Nevertheless I will [j]appoint them [k]to (AG)take responsibility for the house, of all its service and of everything that shall be done in it.

Ordinances for the Levites

15 “But the (AH)Levitical priests, the sons of (AI)Zadok, who [l](AJ)took responsibility for My sanctuary when the sons of Israel (AK)went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to serve Me; and they shall (AL)stand before Me to offer Me the (AM)fat and the blood,” declares the Lord God. 16 “They shall (AN)enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My (AO)table to serve Me and [m]assume the responsibility I give them. 17 And it shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner courtyard, they shall be clothed with (AP)linen garments; and wool shall not [n]be worn by them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner courtyard or in the house. 18 Linen (AQ)turbans shall be on their heads and (AR)linen undergarments shall be around their waists; they shall not put on anything that makes them sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer courtyard, into the outer courtyard to the people, they shall (AS)take 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 (AT)not transfer holiness to the people with their garments. 20 Also they shall (AU)not shave their heads, yet they shall not (AV)let their locks [o]grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. 21 (AW)Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard. 22 And they shall not [p]marry a widow or a (AX)divorced woman, but shall (AY)take virgins from the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23 Moreover, they shall teach My people the (AZ)difference between the holy and the [q]common, and teach them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 In a dispute (BA)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 (BB)appointed feasts, and (BC)sanctify My Sabbaths. 25 [r](BD)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. 26 And after he is (BE)cleansed, seven days [s]shall elapse for him. 27 On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the (BF)inner courtyard to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his (BG)sin offering,” declares the Lord God.

28 “And it shall be regarding an inheritance for them, that (BH)I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no property in Israel—I am their property. 29 They shall (BI)eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and everything (BJ)banned from secular use in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the (BK)first fruits of every kind and every [t]contribution of every kind, from all your [u]contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the (BL)first of your [v]dough, to make a (BM)blessing rest on your house. 31 The priests shall not eat any bird or animal that has (BN)died a natural death or has been torn to pieces by animals.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:3 Lit its way
  2. Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
  3. Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
  4. Ezekiel 44:6 Lit rebellion
  5. Ezekiel 44:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  6. Ezekiel 44:8 Lit kept charge of
  7. Ezekiel 44:8 Lit as keepers of duty to Me in My
  8. Ezekiel 44:10 Lit after
  9. Ezekiel 44:12 Lit lifted up My hand
  10. Ezekiel 44:14 Lit give
  11. Ezekiel 44:14 Lit keepers of the charge of
  12. Ezekiel 44:15 Lit kept charge of
  13. Ezekiel 44:16 Lit keep the duty to Me
  14. Ezekiel 44:17 Lit go up on
  15. Ezekiel 44:20 Or hang loose
  16. Ezekiel 44:22 Lit take as wives for themselves
  17. Ezekiel 44:23 Lit profane
  18. Ezekiel 44:25 Lit He
  19. Ezekiel 44:26 Lit they shall count
  20. Ezekiel 44:30 Or uplifted offering(s)
  21. Ezekiel 44:30 Or uplifted offering(s)
  22. Ezekiel 44:30 Or coarse meal

Cross references

  1. Ezekiel 44:1 : Ezek 40:6, 17; 42:14
  2. Ezekiel 44:2 : Ezek 43:2-4
  3. Ezekiel 44:3 : Ezek 34:24; 37:25
  4. Ezekiel 44:3 : Gen 31:54; Ex 24:9-11
  5. Ezekiel 44:3 : Ezek 46:2, 8-10
  6. Ezekiel 44:3 : Ezek 40:9
  7. Ezekiel 44:4 : Ezek 40:20, 40
  8. Ezekiel 44:4 : Is 6:3, 4; Ezek 1:28; 3:23; 43:4, 5; Hag 2:7
  9. Ezekiel 44:4 : Ezek 1:28; 43:3
  10. Ezekiel 44:5 : Deut 32:46; Ezek 40:4
  11. Ezekiel 44:5 : Deut 12:32; Ezek 43:10, 11
  12. Ezekiel 44:6 : Ezek 2:5-7; 3:9
  13. Ezekiel 44:6 : Ezek 45:9; 1 Pet 4:3
  14. Ezekiel 44:7 : Ex 12:43-49
  15. Ezekiel 44:7 : Lev 26:41; Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4; 9:26
  16. Ezekiel 44:7 : Lev 22:25
  17. Ezekiel 44:7 : Gen 17:14
  18. Ezekiel 44:8 : Lev 22:2; Num 18:7
  19. Ezekiel 44:9 : Ezek 44:7; Joel 3:17; Zech 14:21
  20. Ezekiel 44:10 : 2 Kin 23:8, 9; Ezek 22:26; 44:12
  21. Ezekiel 44:10 : Num 18:23
  22. Ezekiel 44:11 : Num 3:5-37; 4:1-33; 18:2-7
  23. Ezekiel 44:11 : 1 Chr 26:1-19
  24. Ezekiel 44:11 : Ezek 40:45; 44:14
  25. Ezekiel 44:11 : 2 Chr 29:34; 30:17
  26. Ezekiel 44:11 : Num 16:9
  27. Ezekiel 44:12 : 2 Kin 16:10-16
  28. Ezekiel 44:12 : Ezek 14:3, 4
  29. Ezekiel 44:12 : Ezek 20:15, 23
  30. Ezekiel 44:12 : Ezek 44:10
  31. Ezekiel 44:13 : Num 18:3
  32. Ezekiel 44:13 : Ezek 16:61, 63; 39:26
  33. Ezekiel 44:14 : Num 18:4; 1 Chr 23:28-32; Ezek 44:11
  34. Ezekiel 44:15 : Jer 33:18-22
  35. Ezekiel 44:15 : Ezek 40:46; 43:19; 48:11
  36. Ezekiel 44:15 : Num 18:7; Ezek 40:45
  37. Ezekiel 44:15 : Ezek 44:10; 48:11
  38. Ezekiel 44:15 : Zech 3:1, 7
  39. Ezekiel 44:15 : Lev 3:16, 17; 17:5, 6; Ezek 44:7
  40. Ezekiel 44:16 : Num 18:5, 7, 8
  41. Ezekiel 44:16 : Ezek 41:22; Mal 1:7, 12
  42. Ezekiel 44:17 : Ex 28:42, 43; 39:27-29; Rev 19:8
  43. Ezekiel 44:18 : Ex 28:40; Is 3:20; Ezek 24:17, 23
  44. Ezekiel 44:18 : Ex 28:42; Lev 16:4
  45. Ezekiel 44:19 : Lev 6:10; 16:4, 23, 24; Ezek 42:14
  46. Ezekiel 44:19 : Lev 6:27; Ezek 46:20
  47. Ezekiel 44:20 : Lev 21:5
  48. Ezekiel 44:20 : Num 6:5
  49. Ezekiel 44:21 : Lev 10:9
  50. Ezekiel 44:22 : Lev 21:7, 14
  51. Ezekiel 44:22 : Lev 21:13
  52. Ezekiel 44:23 : Lev 10:10; Ezek 22:26; Hos 4:6; Mic 3:9-11; Zeph 3:4; Hag 2:11-13; Mal 2:6-8
  53. Ezekiel 44:24 : Deut 17:8, 9; 19:17; 21:5; 1 Chr 23:4; 2 Chr 19:8-10
  54. Ezekiel 44:24 : Lev 23:2, 4, 44
  55. Ezekiel 44:24 : Ezek 20:12, 20
  56. Ezekiel 44:25 : Lev 21:1-4
  57. Ezekiel 44:26 : Num 19:13-19
  58. Ezekiel 44:27 : Ezek 44:17
  59. Ezekiel 44:27 : Lev 5:3, 6; Num 6:9-11
  60. Ezekiel 44:28 : Num 18:20; Deut 10:9; 18:1, 2; Josh 13:33
  61. Ezekiel 44:29 : Num 18:9, 14; Josh 13:14
  62. Ezekiel 44:29 : Lev 27:21, 28; Num 18:14
  63. Ezekiel 44:30 : Num 18:12, 13; 2 Chr 31:4-6, 10; Neh 10:35-37
  64. Ezekiel 44:30 : Num 15:20, 21
  65. Ezekiel 44:30 : Mal 3:10
  66. Ezekiel 44:31 : Lev 22:8; Deut 14:21; Ezek 4:14

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