1 Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, facing the east; but it was closed.
2 He said to me: This gate is to remain closed; it is not to be opened for anyone to enter by it; since the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, it shall remain closed.
3 Only the prince may sit down in it to eat his meal in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and leave by the same way.
4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the facade of the temple, and when I looked I saw the glory of the LORD filling the LORD'S temple, and I fell prone.
5 Then he said to me: Son of man, pay strict attention, look carefully, and listen intently to all that I will tell you about the statutes and laws of the LORD'S temple; be attentive in regard to those who are to be admitted to the temple and all those who are to be excluded from the sanctuary.
6 Say to that rebellious house, the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: Enough of all these abominations of yours, O house of Israel!
7 You have admitted foreigners, uncircumcised both in heart and flesh, to my sanctuary to profane it when you offered me food, fat, and blood; thus you have broken my covenant by all your abominations.
8 Instead of caring for the service of my temple, you have appointed such as these to serve me in my sanctuary in your stead.
9 Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, shall ever enter my sanctuary; none of the foreigners who live among the Israelites.
10 But as for the Levites who departed from me when Israel strayed from me to pursue their idols, they shall bear the consequences of their sin.
11 They shall serve in my sanctuary as gatekeepers and temple servants; they shall slaughter the holocausts and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister for them.
12 Because they used to minister for them before their idols, and became an occasion of sin to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn an oath against them, says the Lord GOD: they shall bear the consequences of their sin.
13 They shall no longer draw near me to serve as my priests, nor shall they touch any of my sacred things, or the most sacred things. Thus they shall bear their disgrace because of all their abominable deeds.
14 But I will set them to the service of the temple, for all its work and for everything that is to be done in it.
15 As for the levitical priests, however, the Zadokites who cared for my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed from me, they shall draw near me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer me fat and blood, says the Lord GOD.
16 It is they who shall enter my sanctuary, they who shall approach my table to minister to me, and they who shall carry out my service.
17 Whenever they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments; they shall not put on anything woolen when they minister at the gates of the inner court or within the temple.
18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen drawers on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.
19 When they are to go out to the people in the outer court, they shall take off the garments in which they ministered and leave them in the chambers of the sanctuary, putting on other garments; thus they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
20 They shall not shave their heads nor let their hair hang loose, but they shall keep their hair carefully trimmed.
21 No priest shall drink wine when he is to enter the inner court.
22 They shall not take for their wives either widows or divorced women, but only virgins of the race of Israel; however, they may marry women who are the widows of priests.
23 They shall teach my people to distinguish between the sacred and the profane, and make known to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.
24 In capital cases they shall stand as judges, judging them according to my decrees. They shall observe my laws and statutes on all my festivals, and keep my sabbaths holy.
25 They shall not make themselves unclean by coming near any dead person, unless it be their father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or maiden sister; for these they may make themselves unclean.
26 After a priest has been cleansed, he must wait an additional seven days,
27 and on the day he enters the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall present his sin offering, says the Lord GOD.
28 They shall have no inheritance, for I am their inheritance; you shall give them no property in Israel, for I am their property.
29 They shall eat the cereal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; whatever is under the ban in Israel shall be theirs.
30 All the choicest first fruits of every kind, and all the best of your offerings of every kind, shall belong to the priests; likewise the best of your dough you shall give to the priests to bring a blessing down upon your house.
31 The priests shall not eat anything, whether flesh or fowl, that has died of itself or has been killed by wild beasts.
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Ezekiel 44 is a chapter that deals with the restoration of the temple and the service of worship of God. In this chapter, God talks about the importance of having faithful and saints, who fulfill their duties properly and respect their laws. The role of Levites is also mentioned, who help priests in their tasks. Next, five verses related to the topics addressed in Ezekiel 44:
Leviticus 10:10-11: "That you may make the difference between the saint and the profane and the unclean and the clean. And that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses." This verse talks about the importance of distinguishing between what is holy and what is profane, and teaching God's commandments to the children of Israel.
1 Peter 2:9: "But you are the elected generation, the royal priesthood, the holy nation, the acquired people, that you may announce the virtues of him who called you from darkness to his wonderful light." This verse talks about the role of Christians as priests, who were called to announce the virtues of God and live a holy life.
1 Timothy 4:14: "The gift that is in you is not despised, which was given to you, with the imposition of the hands of the presbytery." This verse talks about the importance of recognizing and using the spiritual gifts God has given us to serve His people and fulfill His will.
2 Chronicles 29:34: "But the priests were few, and they could not exfollate all the burnt offering; so their brothers, the Levites, helped them, until the work is over, and until other priests sanctified themselves, because the Levites They were more straight in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. " This verse talks about the role of the Levites to help priests in their tasks, and how more careful they were to sanctify themselves than the priests themselves.
Hebrews 7:26-27: "For such a high priest, holy, innocent, immaculate, separated from sinners, and made more sublime than the heavens, which does not need, like the juices, of offering sacrifices, first by day, does not. His own sins, and then for those of the people; for it did it once, offering himself. " This verse talks about Jesus Christ as our High Perfect Priest, who offered Himself as a sacrifice for our sins and reconciled us with God.
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