1 Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H8179" brought|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" east|strong="H6921" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H4720" area. We|strong="H7725" were|strong="H8179" outside|strong="H2435" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" was|strong="H1931" shut|strong="H5462".
2 The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", “This|strong="H2088" gate|strong="H8179" will|strong="H3068" stay shut|strong="H5462". It|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" opened|strong="H6605". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" will|strong="H3068" enter|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3068" entered|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3588". So|strong="H1961" it|strong="H3588" must|strong="H3808" stay shut|strong="H5462".
3 Only the|strong="H0853" ruler|strong="H3427" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H3427" may|strong="H3068" sit|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" this|strong="H1931" gate|strong="H8179" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" eats|strong="H0398" a|strong="H0935" meal|strong="H3899" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". He|strong="H1931" must|strong="H0853" enter|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" porch|strong="H0197" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" gateway|strong="H8179" and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" way|strong="H1870".”
4 Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H8179" led|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" north|strong="H6828" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" looked|strong="H7200" and|strong="H0935" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" Glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" filling|strong="H4390" the|strong="H0853" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". I|strong="H2009" bowed|strong="H5307" with|strong="H4390" my|strong="H3068" face|strong="H6440" touching the|strong="H0853" ground.
5 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", “Son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" man|strong="H0120", look|strong="H7200" very carefully|strong="H8085"! Use your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H1121" ears|strong="H0241". Look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H0413" these|strong="H1696" things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1121" listen|strong="H8085" very carefully|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" about|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2708" and|strong="H1121" laws|strong="H8451" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". Look|strong="H7200" carefully|strong="H8085" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" entrances to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1121" at|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" exits|strong="H4161" from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H7760".
6 Then|strong="H0559" give this|strong="H3541" message to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H3605" refused to|strong="H0413" obey me|strong="H0413". Tell|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413", ‘This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3605" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" said|strong="H0559": Family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", I|strong="H3541" have|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" enough|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" terrible things|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3478" done|strong="H3605"!
7 You|strong="H3605" brought|strong="H0935" foreigners|strong="H5236" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1121" not|strong="H1961" circumcised and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" given themselves to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". In|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" unclean. You|strong="H3605" broke our|strong="H3605" agreement|strong="H1285" and|strong="H1121" did terrible things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1121" then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H3605" gave|strong="H1961" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" offerings of|strong="H1121" bread|strong="H3899", the|strong="H3605" fat|strong="H2459", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818". But|strong="H1961" this|strong="H3605" only|strong="H3605" made|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" unclean.
8 You|strong="H7760" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H6944" my|strong="H8104" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944". No|strong="H3808", you|strong="H7760" let|strong="H3808" foreigners|strong="H8104" have|strong="H3808" responsibility|strong="H4931" of|strong="H6944" my|strong="H8104" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H7760"!’”
9 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" says|strong="H0559": “A|strong="H0935" foreigner|strong="H5236" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" truly circumcised must|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H4720"—not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H3808" a|strong="H0935" foreigner|strong="H5236" living|strong="H1320" permanently among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". He|strong="H0834" must|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" circumcised, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" must|strong="H1121" give|strong="H0935" himself|strong="H3820" completely|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" before|strong="H0413" he|strong="H0834" can|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H4720".
10 In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" past, the|strong="H0834" Levites|strong="H3881" left me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" turned away|strong="H5375" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". Israel|strong="H3478" left me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" follow|strong="H0310" their|strong="H5375" idols|strong="H1544". The|strong="H0834" Levites|strong="H3881" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3478" punished for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5375" sin|strong="H5771".
11 The|strong="H0853" Levites were|strong="H1961" chosen to|strong="H0413" serve|strong="H8334" in|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1961" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H1961". They|strong="H1992" guarded the|strong="H0853" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1992" served|strong="H8334" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H7819" the|strong="H0853" animals|strong="H1961" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sacrifices|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1004" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" chosen to|strong="H0413" help|strong="H5971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" serve|strong="H8334" them|strong="H0413".
12 But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" Levites helped|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" sin|strong="H5771" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440"! They|strong="H0834" helped|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0834" worship|strong="H3651" their|strong="H5375" idols|strong="H1544"! So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H1961" making this|strong="H3651" promise against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853": ‘They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" punished for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5375" sin|strong="H5771".’” This|strong="H3651" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" said|strong="H3651".
13 “So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Levites will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" bring|strong="H5066" offerings to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3547". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" or|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" most|strong="H6944" holy|strong="H6944". They|strong="H0834" must|strong="H5375" carry|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" shame|strong="H3639" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" terrible things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213".
14 But|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H4931" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" work|strong="H5656" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" be|strong="H5414" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H1004" it|strong="H5414".
15 “The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" are|strong="H0834" all from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" tribe of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881". But|strong="H1992" only priests|strong="H3548" from|strong="H5921" Zadok’s|strong="H6659" family took|strong="H0853" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8104" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H4720" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H0413" away|strong="H8582" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413". So|strong="H0834" only Zadok’s|strong="H6659" descendants|strong="H1121" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H7126" offerings|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0834" stand|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" offer|strong="H7126" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fat|strong="H2459" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" animals they|strong="H1992" sacrifice.” This|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" said|strong="H0413"!
16 “They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0935" enter|strong="H0935" my|strong="H8104" holy|strong="H4720" place|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" near|strong="H7126" my|strong="H8104" table|strong="H7979" to|strong="H0413" serve|strong="H8334" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0935" take|strong="H8104" care|strong="H8334" of|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" things|strong="H1992" I|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413".
17 When|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691", they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H3847" linen|strong="H6593" clothes|strong="H0899". They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H3847" wool|strong="H6785" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H5921" serve|strong="H8334" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" gates|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Temple|strong="H1004".
18 They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1961" linen|strong="H6593" turbans|strong="H6287" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" heads|strong="H7218", and|strong="H7218" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" wear|strong="H1961" linen|strong="H6593" underwear. They|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" wear|strong="H1961" anything|strong="H3808" that|strong="H1961" makes them|strong="H5921" sweat|strong="H3154".
19 Before|strong="H0413" they|strong="H1992" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0834" take|strong="H3318" off|strong="H6584" the|strong="H0853" clothes|strong="H0899" they|strong="H1992" wear|strong="H3847" while|strong="H0834" serving|strong="H8334" me|strong="H0413". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0834" put|strong="H3847" these|strong="H1992" clothes|strong="H0899" away|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" holy|strong="H6944" rooms|strong="H3957". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0834" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H0413" other|strong="H0312" clothes|strong="H0899". In|strong="H0413" this|strong="H0834" way they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" touch those|strong="H0834" holy|strong="H6944" clothes|strong="H0899".
20 “These priests|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" shave|strong="H1548" their|strong="H7971" heads|strong="H7218" or|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" hair|strong="H7218" grow|strong="H7971" long|strong="H7971". The|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3808" may|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3697" trim|strong="H3697" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" their|strong="H7971" heads|strong="H7218".
21 None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" may|strong="H3548" drink|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691".
22 The|strong="H0834" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H0518" not|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" widow|strong="H0490" or|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" divorced|strong="H1644" woman|strong="H0802". No|strong="H3808", they|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0518" only|strong="H0518" marry|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" virgin|strong="H1330" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" or|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" whose|strong="H0834" dead husband was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548".
23 “Also|strong="H0853", the|strong="H0853" priests must|strong="H0853" teach|strong="H3384" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" the|strong="H0853" difference between|strong="H0996" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" holy|strong="H6944" and|strong="H3045" things|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3045" are|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3045" holy|strong="H6944". They|strong="H5971" must|strong="H0853" help|strong="H5971" my|strong="H3045" people|strong="H5971" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H2889" clean|strong="H2889" and|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H2889" unclean|strong="H2931".
24 The|strong="H3605" priests will|strong="H8451" be|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" judges|strong="H8199" in|strong="H5921" court|strong="H4941". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H8451" follow my|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" when|strong="H5921" they|strong="H1992" judge|strong="H8199" people. They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H8451" obey|strong="H8104" my|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" and|strong="H4941" my|strong="H3605" rules|strong="H2708" at|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" special feasts|strong="H4150". They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H8451" respect|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" special days of|strong="H5921" rest and|strong="H4941" keep|strong="H8104" them|strong="H1992" holy|strong="H6942".
25 They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" near|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191" person|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H2930" themselves unclean|strong="H2930". But|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H1961" make|strong="H2930" themselves unclean|strong="H2930" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" person|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" their|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", mother|strong="H0517", son|strong="H1121", daughter|strong="H1323", brother|strong="H0251", or|strong="H0518" a|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" married|strong="H0413".
26 After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0310" priest has|strong="H3117" been made clean|strong="H2893", he|strong="H0310" must wait seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117".
27 Then|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3117" can|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5002" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944". But|strong="H0935" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" goes|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5002" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" to|strong="H0413" serve|strong="H8334" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5002" holy|strong="H6944" place|strong="H6944", he|strong="H3117" must offer|strong="H7126" a|strong="H0935" sin|strong="H2403" offering|strong="H7126" for|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H3117".” This|strong="H3117" is|strong="H3117" what the|strong="H5002" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136" said|strong="H0413".
28 “About|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H5159" that|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5414" Levites: I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" their|strong="H5414" property|strong="H0272". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" Levites any|strong="H1961" land|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" their|strong="H5414" share|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478".
29 They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" right to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" grain|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H4503", the|strong="H3605" sin|strong="H2403" offerings|strong="H4503", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H0817" offerings|strong="H4503". Also|strong="H3478", anything|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H1961" special gift|strong="H4503" to|strong="H1961" God will|strong="H1961" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H1992".
30 And|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" part of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" harvest from|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H8641" of|strong="H1004" crop will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". You|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1961" also give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7225" part of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3605" flour. This|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H5414" blessings|strong="H1293" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004".
31 The|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" must|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" any|strong="H3605" bird|strong="H5775" or|strong="H3808" animal|strong="H0929" that|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3605" died|strong="H5038" a|strong="H4480" natural|strong="H5038" death|strong="H5038" or|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3605" been|strong="H3808" torn|strong="H2966" to|strong="H4480" pieces|strong="H2966" by|strong="H3605" a|strong="H4480" wild animal|strong="H0929".