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The Gate for the Prince

1Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east. And it was shut.  2And the Lord said to me, “This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it. Therefore it shall remain shut.  3Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord. He shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.”

4Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord. And I fell on my face.  5And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the Lord and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and all the exits from the sanctuary.  6And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations,  7in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations.  8And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.

9“Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.  10But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.  11They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before the people, to minister to them.  12Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.  13They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed.  14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.

Rules for Levitical Priests

15“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord God.  16They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.  17When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments. They shall have nothing of wool on them, while they minister at the gates of the inner court, and within.  18They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and linen undergarments around their waists. They shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.  19And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers. And they shall put on other garments, lest they transmit holiness to the people with their garments.  20They shall not shave their heads or let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.  21No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.  22They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.  23They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.  24In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.  25They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.  26After he has become clean, they shall count seven days for him.  27And on the day that he goes into the Holy Place, into the inner court, to minister in the Holy Place, he shall offer his sin offering, declares the Lord God.

28“This shall be their inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.  29They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.  30And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house.  31The priests shall not eat of anything, whether bird or beast, that has died of itself or is torn by wild animals.

1998

Website Archive

Ezekiel 1

Ezekiel in Babylon

The Glory of the Lord

Ezekiel 2

Ezekiel's Call

Ezekiel 3

A Watchman for Israel

Ezekiel 4

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

Ezekiel 5

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

Ezekiel 6

Judgment Against Idolatry

Ezekiel 7

The Day of the Wrath of the Lord

Ezekiel 8

Abominations in the Temple

Ezekiel 9

Idolaters Killed

Ezekiel 10

The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple

Ezekiel 11

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

Israel's New Heart and Spirit

Ezekiel 12

Judah's Captivity Symbolized

Ezekiel 13

False Prophets Condemned

Ezekiel 14

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared

Ezekiel 15

Jerusalem, a Useless Vine

Ezekiel 16

The Lord's Faithless Bride

The Lord's Everlasting Covenant

Ezekiel 17

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

Ezekiel 18

The Soul Who Sins Shall Die

Ezekiel 19

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

Ezekiel 20

Israel's Continuing Rebellion

The Lord Will Restore Israel

Ezekiel 21

The Lord Has Drawn His Sword

Ezekiel 22

Israel's Shedding of Blood

Ezekiel 23

Oholah and Oholibah

Ezekiel 24

The Siege of Jerusalem

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

Ezekiel 25

Prophecy Against Ammon

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

Prophecy Against Edom

Prophecy Against Philistia

Ezekiel 26

Prophecy Against Tyre

Ezekiel 27

A Lament for Tyre

Ezekiel 28

Prophecy Against the Prince of Tyre

A Lament over the King of Tyre

Prophecy Against Sidon

Israel Gathered in Security

Ezekiel 29

Prophecy Against Egypt

Ezekiel 30

A Lament for Egypt

Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon

Ezekiel 31

Pharaoh to Be Slain

Ezekiel 32

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

Ezekiel 33

Ezekiel Is Israel's Watchman

Why Will You Die, Israel?

Jerusalem Struck Down

Ezekiel 34

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel

The Lord God Will Seek Them Out

The Lord's Covenant of Peace

Ezekiel 35

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

Ezekiel 36

Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

The Lord's Concern for His Holy Name

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

Ezekiel 37

The Valley of Dry Bones

I Will Be Their God, They Shall Be My People

Ezekiel 38

Prophecy Against Gog

Ezekiel 39

The Lord Will Restore Israel

Ezekiel 40

Vision of the New Temple

The East Gate to the Outer Court

The Outer Court

The North Gate

The South Gate

The Inner Court

Chambers for the Priests

The Vestibule of the Temple

Ezekiel 41

The Inner Temple

Ezekiel 42

The Temple's Chambers

Ezekiel 43

The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple

The Altar

Ezekiel 44

The Gate for the Prince

Rules for Levitical Priests

Ezekiel 45

The Holy District

The Portion for the Prince

Ezekiel 46

The Prince and the Feasts

Boiling Places for Offerings

Ezekiel 47

Water Flowing from the Temple

Division of the Land

Ezekiel 48

The Gates of the City