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Ezekiel 44

Because the LORD’s glory entered through the east gate, that gate is shut, while the prince has a special place connected with it. The LORD rebukes earlier admission of uncircumcised foreigners into sanctuary service, distinguishes Levites who went astray from the sons of Zadok who remained faithful, and sets detailed priestly holiness rules.

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Because the LORD’s glory entered through the east gate, that gate is shut, while the prince has a special place connected with it. The LORD rebukes earlier admission of uncircumcised foreigners into sanctuary service, distinguishes Levites who went astray from the sons of Zadok who remained faithful, and sets detailed priestly holiness rules.

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Verses 1–3The eastern gate remains shut because the LORD entered by it, with a provision for the princeVerses 4–9The glory fills the house, and access to the sanctuary is guarded from profanationVerses 10–16Levites who strayed receive lesser service while Zadok’s sons draw near to ministerVerses 17–27Priestly garments, appearance, marriage, teaching, judgment, and cleansing requirements are givenVerses 28–31The LORD is the priests’ inheritance, and holy offerings support them
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1Then he brought me back the way of the gate…2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be…3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit…4Then brought he me the way of the north gate…5And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark…6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the…7In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised…8And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy…9Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart,…10And the Levites that are gone away far from me,…11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge…12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused…13And they shall not come near unto me, to do…14But I will make them keepers of the charge of…15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that…16They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come…17And it shall come to pass, that when they enter…18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall…19And when they go forth into the utter court, even…20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks…21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into…22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor…23And they shall teach my people the difference between the…24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they…25And they shall come at no dead person to defile…26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him…27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary,…28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I…29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering,…30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things,…31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is…