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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 44:4 - Strong Concordance
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Eze 44:4 |
Strong Concordance |
Then brought [0935] he me the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179] before [06440] the house [01004]: and I looked [07200], and, behold, the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440]. |
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King James |
Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Directions as to the priests. Their acts of desecration are attributed to "the house of Israel" (Eze 44:6-7), as the sins of the priesthood and of the people acted and reacted on one another; "like people, like priest" (Jer 5:31; Hos 4:9). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect.
Eze 44:4
The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Eze 8:3.
Eze 44:5
Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined.
Eze 44:7
Strangers - This refers especially to the sin of unauthorized and unfaithful priests ministering in the services of the temple. Compare marginal references.
Eze 44:8
Mine holy things - The altar, its sacrifices, the sacred utensils, and the like.
For yourselves - According to your own pleasure, not My ordinances Num 16:40.
Eze 44:10
The Levites as a body had remained true to the temple-service at Jerusalem Ch2 11:13; but individuals among them deserted to Israel probably from the first (see the marginal references), as in later years some went over to the worship of the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim. These apostate Levites "shall bear their iniquities," they shall not be restored to their former rank and privileges.
Eze 44:11
Ministers - As, according to the new system, the Levites, as a body, were to receive their portion in the "oblation" Eze 45:5; the only manner in which the Levites of Eze 44:10 could live at all, was as part of the whole body, to which they were therefore reunited, but in the lowest grade. It is remarkable that the number of Levites who returned after the captivity was very small, not exceeding 400, of whom only 74 were priests' assistants (Ezr 2:40-42; compare Ezr 8:15-19). The gap in their number was filled up by 220 Nethinim ("given" ones), probably originally strangers and captives, who, although employed in the temple services, were held by the Jews in the lowest repute.
Eze 44:12
Lifted up mine hand - i. e., "The Lord sware" Eze 20:5, that they should bear their iniquities. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The Position of Foreigners, Levites, and Priests in Relation to the Temple and the Temple Service. - The further precepts concerning the approach to the sanctuary, and the worship to be presented there, are introduced with a fresh exhortation to observe with exactness all the statutes and laws, in order that the desecration of the sanctuary which had formerly taken place might not be repeated, and are delivered to the prophet at the north gate in front of the manifestation of the glory of God (Eze 44:4-8). - Eze 44:4. And he brought me by the way of the north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah, and I fell down upon my face. Eze 44:5. And Jehovah said to me, Son of man, direct thy heart and see with thine eyes and hear with thine ears all that I say to thee with regard to all the statutes of the house of Jehovah and all its laws, and direct thy heart to the entering into the house through all the exits of the house, Eze 44:6. And say to the rebellious one, to the family of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Let it be sufficient for you, of all your abominations, O house of Israel, Eze 44:7. In that ye brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to desecrate it, my house, when ye offered my food, fat and blood, and so they broke my covenant to all your abominations, Eze 44:8. And so ye did not keep the charge of my holy things, but made them keepers of my charge for you in my sanctuary. - From the outer gate to which Ezekiel had been taken, simply that he might be instructed concerning the entering thereby, he is once more conducted, after this has been done, by the way of the north gate to the front of the temple house, to receive the further directions there for the performance of the worship of God in the new sanctuary. The question, whether we are to understand by the north gate that of the outer or that of the inner court, cannot be answered with certainty. Hitzig has decided in favour of the latter, Kliefoth in favour of the former. The place to which he is conducted is אל־פּני הבּית, ad faciem domus, before the temple house, so that he had it before his eyes, i.e., was able to see it. As the gateway of the inner court was eight steps, about four cubits, higher than the outer court gate, this was hardly possible if he stood at or within the latter. הבּית, i.e., the temple house, could only be distinctly seen from the inner north gate. And the remark that it is more natural to think of the outer north gate, because the next thing said to the prophet has reference to the question who is to go into and out of the sanctuary, has not much force, as the instructions do not refer to the going in and out alone, but chiefly to the charge of Jehovah, i.e., to the maintenance of divine worship.
At the fresh standing-place the glory of the Lord, which filled the temple, met the sight of the prophet again, so that he fell down and worshipped once more (cf. Eze 43:3, Eze 43:5). This remark is not intended "to indicate that now, after the preliminary observations in Ezekiel 43:13-44:3, the true thorah commences" (Kliefoth), but to show the unapproachable glory and holiness of the new temple. For Eze 44:5, see Eze 40:4; Eze 43:11-12. In Eze 44:6 אל־מרי is placed at the head in a substantive form for the sake of emphasis, and בּית־ישׂראל is appended in the form of an apposition. For the fact itself, see Eze 2:8. רב־לּכם followed by מן, a sufficiency of anything, as in Exo 9:28; Kg1 12:28, is equivalent to "there is enough for you to desist from it." The תּועבות, from which they are to desist, are more precisely defined in Eze 44:6. They consisted in the fact that the Israelites admitted foreigners, heathen, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, into the sanctuary, to desecrate it during the offering of sacrifice. It is not expressly stated, indeed, that they admitted uncircumcised heathen to the offering of sacrifice, but this is implied in what is affirmed. The offering of sacrifice in the temple of Jehovah is not only permitted in the Mosaic law to foreigners living in Israel, but to some extent prescribed (Lev 17:10,Lev 17:12; Num 15:13.). It was only in the paschal meal that no 'בן was allowed to participate (Exo 12:43). To do this, he must first of all be circumcised (v. 44). Solomon accordingly prays to the Lord in his temple-prayer that He will also hearken to the prayer of the foreigner, who may come from a distant land for the Lord's name sake to worship in His house (Kg1 8:41.). The reproof in the verse before us is apparently at variance with this. Raschi would therefore understand by בּני־נכר, Israelites who had fallen into heathen idolatry. Rosenmller, on the other hand, is of opinion that the Israelites were blamed because they had accepted victimas et libamina from the heathen, and offered them in the temple, which had been prohibited in Lev 25:22. Hvernick understands by the sons of the foreigner, Levites who had become apostates from Jehovah, and were therefore placed by Ezekiel on a par with the idolatrous sons of the foreigner. And lastly, Hitzig imagines that they were foreign traders, who had been admitted within the sacred precincts as sellers of sacrificial animals, incense, and so forth. All these are alike arbitrary and erroneous. The apparent discrepancy vanishes, if we consider the more precise definition of בּני , viz., "uncircumcised in heart and flesh." Their being uncircumcised in heart is placed first, for the purpose of characterizing the foreigners as godless heathen, who ere destitute not only of the uncircumcision of their flesh, but also of that of the heart, i.e., of piety of heart, which Solomon mentions in his prayer as the motive for the coming of distant strangers to the temple. By the admission of such foreigners as these, who had no fear of God at all, into the temple during the sacrificial worship, Israel had defiled the sanctuary. את־בּיתי is in apposition to the suffix to חלּלו. The food of Jehovah (לחמי) is sacrifice, according to Lev 3:11; Lev 21:6, etc., and is therefore explained by "fat and blood." ויּפרוּ, which the lxx changed in an arbitrary manner into the second person, refers to the "foreigners," the heathen. By their treading the temple in their ungodliness they broke the covenant of the Lord with His people, who allowed this desecration of His sanctuary. אל כּל־תּועבות, in addition to all your abominations. How grievous a sin was involved in this is stated in Eze 44:8. The people of Israel, by their unrighteous admission of godless heathen into the temple, not only failed to show the proper reverence for the holy things of the Lord, but even made these heathen, so to speak, servants of God for themselves in His sanctuary. These last words are not to be understood literally, but spiritually. Allowing them to tread the temple is regarded as equivalent to appointing them to take charge of the worship in the temple. For שׁמר , see Lev 18:30; Lev 22:9, and the commentary on Lev 8:35.
The Lord would guard against such desecration of His sanctuary in the future. To this end the following precepts concerning the worship in the new temple are given. - Eze 44:9. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall come into my sanctuary, of all the foreigners that are in the midst of the sons of Israel; Eze 44:10. But even the Levites, who have gone away from me in the wandering of Israel, which wandered away from me after its idols, they shall bear their guilt. Eze 44:11. They shall be servants in my sanctuary, as guards at the gates of the house and serving in the house; they shall slay the burnt-offering and the slain-offering for the people, and shall stand before it to serve them. Eze 44:12. Because they served them before their idols, and became to the house of Israel a stumbling-block to guilt, therefore I have lifted my hand against them, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah, that they should bear their guilt. Eze 44:13. They shall not draw near to me to serve me as priests, and to draw near to all my holy things, to the most holy, but shall bear their disgrace and all their abominations which they have done. Eze 44:14. And so will I make them guards of the charge of the house with regard to all its service, and to all that is performed therein. Eze 44:15. But the priests of the tribe of Levi, the sons of Zadok, who have kept the charge of my sanctuary on the wandering of the sons of Israel from me, they shall draw near to me to serve me, and stand before me, offer to me fat and blood, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah. Eze 44:16. They shall come into my sanctuary, and they draw near to my table to serve me, and shall keep my charge. - In order that all desecration may be kept at a distance from the new sanctuary, foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh are not to be admitted into it; and even of the Levites appointed for the service of the sanctuary according to the Mosaic law, all who took part in the falling away of the people into idolatry are to be excluded from investiture with the priests' office as a punishment for their departure from the Lord, and only to be allowed to perform subordinate duties in connection with the worship of God. On the other hand, the descendants of Zadok, who kept themselves free from all straying into idolatry, are to perform the specifically priestly service at the altar and in the sanctuary, and they alone. The meaning and design of the command, to shut out the foreigners uncircumcised in heart from all access to the sanctuary, are not that the intermediate position and class of foreigners living in Israel should henceforth be abolished (Kliefoth); for this would be at variance with Eze 47:22 and Eze 47:23, according to which the foreigners (גּרים) were to receive a possession of their own in the fresh distribution of the land, which not only presupposes their continuance within the congregation of Israel, but also secures it for the time to come. The meaning is rather this: No heathen uncircumcised in heart, i.e., estranged in life from God, shall have access to the altar in the new sanctuary. The emphasis of the prohibition lies here, as in Eze 44:7, upon their being uncircumcised in heart; and the reason for the exclusion of foreigners consists not so much in the foreskin of the flesh as in the spiritual foreskin, so that not only the uncircumcised heathen, but also Israelites who were circumcised in flesh, were to keep at a distance from the sanctuary if they failed to possess circumcision of heart. The ל before כּל־בּן serves the purpose of comprehension, as in Gen 9:10; Lev 11:42, etc. (compare Ewald, ֗310a). Not only are foreigners who are estranged from God to be prevented from coming into the sanctuary, but even the Levites, who fell into idolatry at the time of the apostasy of the Israelites, are to bear their guilt, i.e., are to be punished for it by exclusion from the rights of the priesthood. This is the connection between the tenth verse and the ninth, indicated by כּי אם, which derives its meaning, truly (imo), yea even, from this connection, as in Isa 33:21. הלויּם are not the Levites here as distinguished from the priests (Aaronites), but all the descendants of Levi, including the Aaronites chosen for the priests' office, to whom what is to be said concerning the Levites chiefly applied. The division of the Levites into such as are excluded from the service and office of priests (כּהן, Eze 44:13) on account of their former straying into idolatry, and the sons of Zadok, who kept aloof from that wandering, and therefore are to be the only persons allowed to administer the priests' office for the future, shows very clearly that the threat "they shall bear their guilt" does not apply to the common Levites, but to the Levitical priests. They are to be degraded to the performance of the inferior duties in the temple and at divine worship. The guilt with which they are charged is that they forsook Jehovah when the people strayed into idolatry. Forsaking Jehovah involves both passive and active participation in idolatry (cf. Jer 2:5). This wandering of the Israelites from Jehovah took place during the whole time that the tabernacle and Solomon's temple were in existence, though at different periods and with varying force and extent.
Bearing the guilt is more minutely defined in Eze 44:11-13. The Levitical priests who have forsaken the Lord are to lose the dignity and rights of the priesthood; they are not, indeed, to be entirely deprived of the prerogative conferred upon the tribe of Levi by virtue of its election to the service of the sanctuary in the place of the first-born of the whole nation, but henceforth they are merely to be employed in the performance of the lower duties, as guards at the gates of the temple, and as servants of the people at the sacrificial worship, when they are to slaughter the animals for the people, which every one who offered sacrifice was also able to do for himself. Because they have already served the people before their idols, i.e., have helped them in their idolatry, they shall also serve the people in time to come in the worship of God, though not as priests, but simply in non-priestly occupations. The words 'המּה יעמדוּ are taken from Num 16:9, and the suffixes in לפּניהם and לשׁרתּם refer to עם. מכשׁול עון .עם ot ref, as in Eze 7:19; Eze 14:3; Eze 18:30. נשׂא יד, not to raise the arm to smite, but to lift up the hand to swear, as in Eze 20:5-6, etc. לגשׁת על כּל־קדשׁי, to draw near to all my holy things. קדשׁים are not the rooms in the sanctuary, but those portions of the sacrifices which were sacred to the Lord. They are not to touch these, i.e., neither to sprinkle blood nor to burn the portions of fat upon the altar, or perform anything connected therewith. This explanation is required by the apposition אל־קדשׁי הקּדשׁים, which (in the plural) does not mean the most holy place at the hinder part of the temple, but the most holy sacrificial gifts (cf. Eze 42:13). נשׂא , as in Eze 16:52. In Eze 44:14 it is once more stated in a comprehensive manner in what the bearing of the guilt and shame was to consist: God would make them keepers of the temple with regard to the inferior acts of service. The general expression שׁמר משׁמרת הבּית, which signifies the temple service universally, receives its restriction to the inferior acts of service from 'לכל עבדתו וגו, which is used in Num 3:26; Num 4:23, Num 4:30,Num 4:32, Num 4:39, Num 4:47, for the heavy duties performed by the Merarites and Gershonites, in distinction from the עבדה of the Kohathites, which consisted in שׁמר משׁמרת הקּדשׁ (Num 3:28) and עשׂות מלאכה (Num 4:3). The priestly service at the altar and in the sanctuary, on the other hand, was to be performed by the sons of Zadok alone, because when the people went astray they kept the charge of the sanctuary, i.e., performed the duties of the priestly office with fidelity. Zadok was the son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazar (1 Chr. 5:34; Ch1 6:37-38), who remained faithful to King David at the rebellion of Absalom (Sa2 15:24.), and also anointed Solomon as king in opposition to Adonijah the pretender (Kg1 1:32.); whereas the high priest Abiathar, of the line of Ithamar, took part with Adonijah (Kg1 1:7, Kg1 1:25), and was deposed from his office by Solomon in consequence, so that now the high-priesthood was in the sole possession of Zadok and his descendants (Kg1 2:26-27, and Kg1 2:35). From this attitude of Zadok toward David, the prince given by the Lord to His people, it may be seen at once that he not only kept aloof from the wandering of the people, but offered a decided opposition thereto, and attended to his office in a manner that was well-pleasing to God. As he received the high-priesthood from Solomon in the place of Abiathar for this fidelity of his, so shall his descendants only be invested with the priestly office in the new temple. For the correct explanation of the words in these verses, however, we must pay particular regard to the clause, "who have kept the charge of my sanctuary." This implies, for example, that lineal descent from Zadok alone was not sufficient, but that fidelity in the service of the Lord must also be added as an indispensable requisite. In Eze 44:15 and Eze 44:16 the priestly service is described according to its principal functions at the altar of burnt-offering, and in the holy place at the altar of incense. שׁלחני is the altar of incense (see Eze 41:22). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
He - Christ in the appearance of a man. |
9 And there shall be, like people [05971], like priest [03548]: and I will punish [06485] them for their ways [01870], and reward [07725] them their doings [04611].
31 The prophets [05030] prophesy [05012] falsely [08267], and the priests [03548] bear rule [07287] by their means [03027]; and my people [05971] love [0157] to have it so: and what will ye do [06213] in the end [0319] thereof?
6 And thou shalt say [0559] to the rebellious [04805], even to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], let it suffice [07227] you of all your abominations [08441],
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
5 And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; In the day [03117] when I chose [0977] Israel [03478], and lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto the seed [02233] of the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], and made myself known [03045] unto them in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], when I lifted [05375] up mine hand [03027] unto them, saying [0559], I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430];
12 Because they ministered [08334] unto them before [06440] their idols [01544], and caused the house [01004] of Israel [03478] to fall [04383] into iniquity [05771]; therefore have I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] against them, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], and they shall bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
15 And I gathered them together [06908] to the river [05104] that runneth [0935] to Ahava [0163]; and there abode we in tents [02583] three [07969] days [03117]: and I viewed [0995] the people [05971], and the priests [03548], and found [04672] there none of the sons [01121] of Levi [03878].
16 Then sent [07971] I for Eliezer [0461], for Ariel [0740], for Shemaiah [08098], and for Elnathan [0494], and for Jarib [03402], and for Elnathan [0494], and for Nathan [05416], and for Zechariah [02148], and for Meshullam [04918], chief men [07218]; also for Joiarib [03114], and for Elnathan [0494], men of understanding [0995].
17 And I sent [06680] them with commandment [03318] unto Iddo [0112] the chief [07218] at the place [04725] Casiphia [03703], and I told [07760] [06310] them what [01697] they should say [01696] unto Iddo [0112], and to his brethren [0251] the Nethinims [05411] [05411], at the place [04725] Casiphia [03703], that they should bring [0935] unto us ministers [08334] for the house [01004] of our God [0430].
18 And by the good [02896] hand [03027] of our God [0430] upon us they brought [0935] us a man [0376] of understanding [07922], of the sons [01121] of Mahli [04249], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], the son [01121] of Israel [03478]; and Sherebiah [08274], with his sons [01121] and his brethren [0251], eighteen [08083] [06240];
19 And Hashabiah [02811], and with him Jeshaiah [03470] of the sons [01121] of Merari [04847], his brethren [0251] and their sons [01121], twenty [06242];
40 The Levites [03881]: the children [01121] of Jeshua [03442] and Kadmiel [06934], of the children [01121] of Hodaviah [01938], seventy [07657] and four [0702].
41 The singers [07891]: the children [01121] of Asaph [0623], an hundred [03967] twenty [06242] and eight [08083].
42 The children [01121] of the porters [07778]: the children [01121] of Shallum [07967], the children [01121] of Ater [0333], the children [01121] of Talmon [02929], the children [01121] of Akkub [06126], the children [01121] of Hatita [02410], the children [01121] of Shobai [07630], in all an hundred [03967] thirty [07970] and nine [08672].
10 And the Levites [03881] that are gone away far [07368] from me, when Israel [03478] went astray [08582], which went astray away [08582] from me after [0310] their idols [01544]; they shall even bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
5 And the five [02568] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] of length [0753], and the ten [06235] thousand [0505] of breadth [07341], shall also the Levites [03881], the ministers [08334] of the house [01004], have for themselves, for a possession [0272] for twenty [06242] chambers [03957].
11 Yet they shall be ministers [08334] in my sanctuary [04720], having charge [06486] at the gates [08179] of the house [01004], and ministering [08334] to the house [01004]: they shall slay [07819] the burnt offering [05930] and the sacrifice [02077] for the people [05971], and they shall stand [05975] before [06440] them to minister [08334] unto them.
13 And the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881] that were in all Israel [03478] resorted [03320] to him out of all their coasts [01366].
10 And the Levites [03881] that are gone away far [07368] from me, when Israel [03478] went astray [08582], which went astray away [08582] from me after [0310] their idols [01544]; they shall even bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
40 To be a memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that [0834] [04616] no stranger [0376] [02114], which is not of the seed [02233] of Aaron [0175], come near [07126] to offer [06999] incense [07004] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; that he be not as Korah [07141], and as his company [05712]: as the LORD [03068] said [01696] to him by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].
8 And ye have not kept [08104] the charge [04931] of mine holy things [06944]: but ye have set [07760] keepers [08104] of my charge [04931] in my sanctuary [04720] for yourselves.
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], mark [07760] well [03820], and behold [07200] with thine eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with thine ears [0241] all that I say [01696] unto thee concerning all the ordinances [02708] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and all the laws [08451] thereof; and mark [07760] well [03820] the entering in [03996] of the house [01004], with every going forth [04161] of the sanctuary [04720].
3 And he put forth [07971] the form [08403] of an hand [03027], and took [03947] me by a lock [06734] of mine head [07218]; and the spirit [07307] lifted me up [05375] between the earth [0776] and the heaven [08064], and brought [0935] me in the visions [04759] of God [0430] to Jerusalem [03389], to the door [06607] of the inner [06442] gate [08179] that looketh [06437] toward the north [06828]; where was the seat [04186] of the image [05566] of jealousy [07068], which provoketh to jealousy [07069].
4 Then brought [0935] he me the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179] before [06440] the house [01004]: and I looked [07200], and, behold, the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440].
22 The altar [04196] of wood [06086] was three [07969] cubits [0520] high [01364], and the length [0753] thereof two [08147] cubits [0520]; and the corners [04740] thereof, and the length [0753] thereof, and the walls [07023] thereof, were of wood [06086]: and he said [01696] unto me, This is the table [07979] that is before [06440] the LORD [03068].
16 They shall enter [0935] into my sanctuary [04720], and they shall come near [07126] to my table [07979], to minister [08334] unto me, and they shall keep [08104] my charge [04931].
15 But the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], the sons [01121] of Zadok [06659], that kept [08104] the charge [04931] of my sanctuary [04720] when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went astray [08582] from me, they shall come near [07126] to me to minister [08334] unto me, and they shall stand [05975] before [06440] me to offer [07126] unto me the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]:
35 And the king [04428] put [05414] Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077] in his room over the host [06635]: and Zadok [06659] the priest [03548] did the king [04428] put [05414] in the room of Abiathar [054].
26 And unto Abiathar [054] the priest [03548] said [0559] the king [04428], Get [03212] thee to Anathoth [06068], unto thine own fields [07704]; for thou art worthy [0376] of death [04194]: but I will not at this time [03117] put thee to death [04191], because thou barest [05375] the ark [0727] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] before [06440] David [01732] my father [01], and because thou hast been afflicted [06031] in all wherein my father [01] was afflicted [06031].
27 So Solomon [08010] thrust out [01644] Abiathar [054] from being priest [03548] unto the LORD [03068]; that he might fulfil [04390] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he spake [01696] concerning the house [01004] of Eli [05941] in Shiloh [07887].
25 For he is gone down [03381] this day [03117], and hath slain [02076] oxen [07794] and fat cattle [04806] and sheep [06629] in abundance [07230], and hath called [07121] all the king's [04428] sons [01121], and the captains [08269] of the host [06635], and Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]; and, behold, they eat [0398] and drink [08354] before [06440] him, and say [0559], God save [02421] king [04428] Adonijah [0138].
7 And he conferred [01697] with Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], and with Abiathar [054] the priest [03548]: and they following [0310] Adonijah [0138] helped [05826] him.
32 And king [04428] David [01732] said [0559], Call [07121] me Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and Nathan [05416] the prophet [05030], and Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077]. And they came [0935] before [06440] the king [04428].
24 And lo Zadok [06659] also, and all the Levites [03881] were with him, bearing [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430]: and they set down [03332] the ark [0727] of God [0430]; and Abiathar [054] went up [05927], until all the people [05971] had done [08552] passing [05674] out of the city [05892].
37 The son [01121] of Tahath [08480], the son [01121] of Assir [0617], the son [01121] of Ebiasaph [043], the son [01121] of Korah [07141],
38 The son [01121] of Izhar [03324], the son [01121] of Kohath [06955], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], the son [01121] of Israel [03478].
3 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even until fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121], all that enter [0935] into the host [06635], to do [06213] the work [04399] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
28 In the number [04557] of all the males [02145], from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], were eight [08083] thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967], keeping [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [06944].
47 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even unto fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121], every one that came [0935] to do [05647] the service of the ministry [05656], and the service [05656] of the burden [04853] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150],
39 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even unto fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121], every one that entereth [0935] into the service [06635], for the work [05656] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150],
32 And the pillars [05982] of the court [02691] round about [05439], and their sockets [0134], and their pins [03489], and their cords [04340], with all their instruments [03627], and with all their service [05656]: and by name [08034] ye shall reckon [06485] the instruments [03627] of the charge [04931] of their burden [04853].
30 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] even unto fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121] shalt thou number [06485] them, every one that entereth [0935] into the service [06635], to do [05647] the work [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
23 From thirty [07970] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605] until fifty [02572] years [08141] old [01121] shalt thou number [06485] them; all that enter in [0935] to perform [06633] the service [06635], to do [05647] the work [05656] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
26 And the hangings [07050] of the court [02691], and the curtain [04539] for the door [06607] of the court [02691], which is by the tabernacle [04908], and by the altar [04196] round about [05439], and the cords [04340] of it for all the service [05656] thereof.
14 But I will make [05414] them keepers [08104] of the charge [04931] of the house [01004], for all the service [05656] thereof, and for all that shall be done [06213] therein.
52 Thou also, which hast judged [06419] thy sisters [0269], bear [05375] thine own shame [03639] for thy sins [02403] that thou hast committed more abominable [08581] than they [02004]: they are more righteous [06663] than thou: yea, be thou confounded [0954] also, and bear [05375] thy shame [03639], in that thou hast justified [06663] thy sisters [0269].
13 Then said [0559] he unto me, The north [06828] chambers [03957] and the south [01864] chambers [03957], which are before [06440] the separate place [01508], they be holy [06944] chambers [03957], where the priests [03548] that approach [07138] unto the LORD [03068] shall eat [0398] the most [06944] holy things [06944]: there shall they lay [03240] the most [06944] holy things [06944], and the meat offering [04503], and the sin offering [02403], and the trespass offering [0817]; for the place [04725] is holy [06918].
5 And say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; In the day [03117] when I chose [0977] Israel [03478], and lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto the seed [02233] of the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], and made myself known [03045] unto them in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], when I lifted [05375] up mine hand [03027] unto them, saying [0559], I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430];
6 In the day [03117] that I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto them, to bring them forth [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into a land [0776] that I had espied [08446] for them, flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], which is the glory [06643] of all lands [0776]:
30 Therefore I will judge [08199] you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] according to his ways [01870], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. Repent [07725], and turn [07725] yourselves from all your transgressions [06588]; so iniquity [05771] shall not be your ruin [04383].
3 Son [01121] of man [0120], these men [0582] have set up [05927] their idols [01544] in their heart [03820], and put [05414] the stumblingblock [04383] of their iniquity [05771] before [05227] their face [06440]: should I be enquired [01875] of at all [01875] by them?
19 They shall cast [07993] their silver [03701] in the streets [02351], and their gold [02091] shall be removed [05079]: their silver [03701] and their gold [02091] shall not be able [03201] to deliver [05337] them in the day [03117] of the wrath [05678] of the LORD [03068]: they shall not satisfy [07646] their souls [05315], neither fill [04390] their bowels [04578]: because it is the stumblingblock [04383] of their iniquity [05771].
9 Seemeth it but a small thing [04592] unto you, that the God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath separated [0914] you from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], to bring you near [07126] to himself to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068], and to stand [05975] before [06440] the congregation [05712] to minister [08334] unto them?
11 Yet they shall be ministers [08334] in my sanctuary [04720], having charge [06486] at the gates [08179] of the house [01004], and ministering [08334] to the house [01004]: they shall slay [07819] the burnt offering [05930] and the sacrifice [02077] for the people [05971], and they shall stand [05975] before [06440] them to minister [08334] unto them.
12 Because they ministered [08334] unto them before [06440] their idols [01544], and caused the house [01004] of Israel [03478] to fall [04383] into iniquity [05771]; therefore have I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] against them, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], and they shall bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
13 And they shall not come near [05066] unto me, to do the office of a priest [03547] unto me, nor to come near [05066] to any of my holy things [06944], in the most holy [06944] place: but they shall bear [05375] their shame [03639], and their abominations [08441] which they have committed [06213].
5 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], What iniquity [05766] have your fathers [01] found [04672] in me, that they are gone far [07368] from me, and have walked [03212] after [0310] vanity [01892], and are become vain [01891]?
13 And they shall not come near [05066] unto me, to do the office of a priest [03547] unto me, nor to come near [05066] to any of my holy things [06944], in the most holy [06944] place: but they shall bear [05375] their shame [03639], and their abominations [08441] which they have committed [06213].
21 But there the glorious [0117] LORD [03068] will be unto us a place [04725] of broad [07342] [03027] rivers [05104] and streams [02975]; wherein shall go [03212] no [01077] galley [0590] with oars [07885], neither shall gallant [0117] ship [06716] pass [05674] thereby.
42 Whatsoever goeth [01980] upon the belly [01512], and whatsoever goeth [01980] upon all four [0702], or whatsoever hath more [07235] feet [07272] among all creeping things [08318] that creep [08317] upon the earth [0776], them ye shall not eat [0398]; for they are an abomination [08263].
10 And with every living [02416] creature [05315] that is with you, of the fowl [05775], of the cattle [0929], and of every beast [02416] of the earth [0776] with you; from all that go out [03318] of the ark [08392], to every beast [02416] of the earth [0776].
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe [07626] the stranger [01616] sojourneth [01481], there shall ye give [05414] him his inheritance [05159], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide [05307] it by lot for an inheritance [05159] unto you, and to the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] among [08432] you, which shall beget [03205] children [01121] among [08432] you: and they shall be unto you as born [0249] in the country [0249] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; they shall have [05307] inheritance [05159] with you among [08432] the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
16 They shall enter [0935] into my sanctuary [04720], and they shall come near [07126] to my table [07979], to minister [08334] unto me, and they shall keep [08104] my charge [04931].
15 But the priests [03548] the Levites [03881], the sons [01121] of Zadok [06659], that kept [08104] the charge [04931] of my sanctuary [04720] when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went astray [08582] from me, they shall come near [07126] to me to minister [08334] unto me, and they shall stand [05975] before [06440] me to offer [07126] unto me the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]:
14 But I will make [05414] them keepers [08104] of the charge [04931] of the house [01004], for all the service [05656] thereof, and for all that shall be done [06213] therein.
13 And they shall not come near [05066] unto me, to do the office of a priest [03547] unto me, nor to come near [05066] to any of my holy things [06944], in the most holy [06944] place: but they shall bear [05375] their shame [03639], and their abominations [08441] which they have committed [06213].
12 Because they ministered [08334] unto them before [06440] their idols [01544], and caused the house [01004] of Israel [03478] to fall [04383] into iniquity [05771]; therefore have I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] against them, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], and they shall bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
11 Yet they shall be ministers [08334] in my sanctuary [04720], having charge [06486] at the gates [08179] of the house [01004], and ministering [08334] to the house [01004]: they shall slay [07819] the burnt offering [05930] and the sacrifice [02077] for the people [05971], and they shall stand [05975] before [06440] them to minister [08334] unto them.
10 And the Levites [03881] that are gone away far [07368] from me, when Israel [03478] went astray [08582], which went astray away [08582] from me after [0310] their idols [01544]; they shall even bear [05375] their iniquity [05771].
9 Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; No stranger [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], nor uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], shall enter [0935] into my sanctuary [04720], of any stranger that is among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
35 Therefore shall ye abide [03427] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] day [03119] and night [03915] seven [07651] days [03117], and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], that ye die [04191] not: for so I am commanded [06680].
9 They shall therefore keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], lest they bear [05375] sin [02399] for it, and die [04191] therefore, if they profane [02490] it: I the LORD [03068] do sanctify [06942] them.
30 Therefore shall ye keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], that ye commit [06213] not any one of these abominable [08441] customs [02708], which were committed [06213] before [06440] you, and that ye defile [02930] not yourselves therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
8 And ye have not kept [08104] the charge [04931] of mine holy things [06944]: but ye have set [07760] keepers [08104] of my charge [04931] in my sanctuary [04720] for yourselves.
6 They shall be holy [06944] unto their God [0430], and not profane [02490] the name [08034] of their God [0430]: for the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], and the bread [03899] of their God [0430], they do offer [07126]: therefore they shall be holy [06918].
11 And the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] it upon the altar [04196]: it is the food [03899] of the offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
22 And ye shall sow [02232] the eighth [08066] year [08141], and eat [0398] yet of old [03465] fruit [08393] until the ninth [08671] year [08141]; until her fruits [08393] come in [0935] ye shall eat [0398] of the old [03465] store.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger [05237], that is not of thy people [05971] Israel [03478], but cometh out [0935] of a far [07350] country [0776] for [04616] thy name's [08034] sake;
43 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], This is the ordinance [02708] of the passover [06453]: There shall no stranger [01121] [05236] eat [0398] thereof:
13 All that are born of the country [0249] shall do [06213] these things after this manner, in offering [07126] an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].
12 Therefore I said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], No soul [05315] of you shall eat [0398] blood [01818], neither shall any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you eat [0398] blood [01818].
10 And whatsoever man [0376] there be of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] among [08432] you, that eateth [0398] any manner of blood [01818]; I will even set [05414] my face [06440] against that soul [05315] that eateth [0398] blood [01818], and will cut him off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
6 And thou shalt say [0559] to the rebellious [04805], even to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], let it suffice [07227] you of all your abominations [08441],
28 Whereupon the king [04428] took counsel [03289], and made [06213] two [08147] calves [05695] of gold [02091], and said [0559] unto them, It is too much [07227] for you to go up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389]: behold thy gods [0430], O Israel [03478], which brought thee up [05927] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
28 Intreat [06279] the LORD [03068] (for it is enough [07227]) that there be no more mighty [0430] thunderings [06963] and hail [01259]; and I will let you go [07971], and ye shall stay [05975] no longer [03254].
8 But thou, son [01121] of man [0120], hear [08085] what I say [01696] unto thee; Be not [01961] thou rebellious [04805] like that rebellious [04805] house [01004]: open [06475] thy mouth [06310], and eat [0398] that I give [05414] thee.
6 And thou shalt say [0559] to the rebellious [04805], even to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], let it suffice [07227] you of all your abominations [08441],
11 And if they be ashamed [03637] of all that they have done [06213], shew [03045] them the form [06699] of the house [01004], and the fashion [08498] thereof, and the goings out [04161] thereof, and the comings [04126] in thereof, and all the forms [06699] thereof, and all the ordinances [02708] thereof, and all the forms [06699] thereof, and all the laws [08451] thereof: and write [03789] it in their sight [05869], that they may keep [08104] the whole form [06699] thereof, and all the ordinances [02708] thereof, and do [06213] them.
12 This is the law [08451] of the house [01004]; Upon the top [07218] of the mountain [02022] the whole limit [01366] thereof round about [05439] shall be most [06944] holy [06944]. Behold, this is the law [08451] of the house [01004].
4 And the man [0376] said [01696] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], behold [07200] with thine eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with thine ears [0241], and set [07760] thine heart [03820] upon all that I shall shew [07200] thee; for to the intent [04616] that I might shew [07200] them unto thee art thou brought [0935] hither: declare [05046] all that thou seest [07200] to the house [01004] of Israel [03478].
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], mark [07760] well [03820], and behold [07200] with thine eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with thine ears [0241] all that I say [01696] unto thee concerning all the ordinances [02708] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and all the laws [08451] thereof; and mark [07760] well [03820] the entering in [03996] of the house [01004], with every going forth [04161] of the sanctuary [04720].
5 So the spirit [07307] took me up [05375], and brought [0935] me into the inner [06442] court [02691]; and, behold, the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004].
3 And it was according to the appearance [04758] of the vision [04758] which I saw [07200], even according to the vision [04758] that I saw [07200] when I came [0935] to destroy [07843] the city [05892]: and the visions [04759] were like the vision [04758] that I saw [07200] by the river [05104] Chebar [03529]; and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440].
8 And ye have not kept [08104] the charge [04931] of mine holy things [06944]: but ye have set [07760] keepers [08104] of my charge [04931] in my sanctuary [04720] for yourselves.
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
6 And thou shalt say [0559] to the rebellious [04805], even to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], let it suffice [07227] you of all your abominations [08441],
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], mark [07760] well [03820], and behold [07200] with thine eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with thine ears [0241] all that I say [01696] unto thee concerning all the ordinances [02708] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and all the laws [08451] thereof; and mark [07760] well [03820] the entering in [03996] of the house [01004], with every going forth [04161] of the sanctuary [04720].
4 Then brought [0935] he me the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179] before [06440] the house [01004]: and I looked [07200], and, behold, the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440].
4 Then brought [0935] he me the way [01870] of the north [06828] gate [08179] before [06440] the house [01004]: and I looked [07200], and, behold, the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]: and I fell [05307] upon my face [06440].
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Son [01121] of man [0120], mark [07760] well [03820], and behold [07200] with thine eyes [05869], and hear [08085] with thine ears [0241] all that I say [01696] unto thee concerning all the ordinances [02708] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and all the laws [08451] thereof; and mark [07760] well [03820] the entering in [03996] of the house [01004], with every going forth [04161] of the sanctuary [04720].
6 And thou shalt say [0559] to the rebellious [04805], even to the house [01004] of Israel [03478], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], let it suffice [07227] you of all your abominations [08441],
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
8 And ye have not kept [08104] the charge [04931] of mine holy things [06944]: but ye have set [07760] keepers [08104] of my charge [04931] in my sanctuary [04720] for yourselves.