君王，利未人和祭司
1那人又把我带到圣殿外院的东门，门关闭着。 2耶和华对我说：“这门必须关闭，不可打开。没有人能从这门进入，因为以色列的上帝耶和华已从这门进入，所以这门必须关闭。 3只有君王可以坐在里面，在耶和华面前进食。他要从门廊进入，也要从原路出去。”
4他带我从北门来到殿前，我看见耶和华的荣光充满了祂的殿，我就俯伏在地。 5耶和华对我说：“人子啊，你要认真看，仔细听我讲有关圣殿的一切规矩和法则，记住所有的出入口。 6然后告诉那些叛逆的以色列人，‘主耶和华这样说，以色列人啊，你们行可憎的事，该够了吧！ 7你们献上食物、脂肪和血的同时，竟将那些身心未受割礼的外族人领进我的圣所，亵渎我的殿，破坏我的约，使你们罪上加罪。 8你们自己不管理我的圣物，却把我的圣所给外人治理。
9“‘因此，主耶和华说，以色列人中身心未受割礼的外族人不可进入我的圣所。
10“‘以色列人走入歧途时，有些利未人也远离我、追随偶像，他们必须承担自己犯罪的后果。 11然而，他们仍要在我的圣殿供职，看管殿门，为百姓屠宰燔祭牲和其他祭牲，服侍他们。 12因为利未人带动以色列人拜偶像，使以色列人陷入罪中，所以我起誓，他们必承担自己犯罪的后果。这是主耶和华说的。 13他们不得走近我，不可做我的祭司，也不得走近我的圣物或至圣之物，他们必因自己的可憎行径蒙羞。 14然而，我要委派他们管理圣殿，办理殿中所有的事务。
15“‘以色列人走入歧途时，利未人撒督的子孙仍然在我的圣所尽忠职守，因此他们可以接近我、事奉我，侍立在我面前，献上脂肪和祭牲的血。这是主耶和华说的。 16只有他们可以进入我的圣所，在我的桌前事奉我，遵行我的吩咐。 17他们从内院的门进入殿内供职的时候，要穿细麻布衣服，不可穿羊毛衣服。 18他们要戴细麻布头巾，穿细麻布裤子，不可穿使人容易出汗的衣服。 19他们出去外院见百姓的时候，必须脱下供职时穿的衣服，放在圣屋，穿上普通的衣服后再出去，免得通过圣衣把圣洁带到百姓身上。 20他们不可剃光头，也不可留长头发，只可修剪头发。 21祭司进入内院之前，不可喝酒。 22他们不可娶寡妇或被休的妇女为妻，只能娶以色列的处女或祭司的遗孀。 23他们要教导我的子民辨别圣与俗，洁净与不洁净。 24他们要审理诉讼之事，按我的律例断是非。他们必须按我定的律例和法度遵守一切节期，守安息日为圣日。 25他们不可走近死尸，免得玷污自己，除非死者是自己的父母、子女、弟兄或未出嫁的姊妹。 26祭司得到洁净后，要再等七天。 27他进入内院的圣所事奉时，要为自己献上赎罪祭，这是主耶和华说的。
28“‘祭司不可在以色列拥有自己的产业，因为我就是他们的产业。 29他们的食物是以色列人献上的素祭、赎罪祭和赎过祭。凡献给耶和华的都归他们， 30各种初熟的出产和各种供物都应归给祭司。你们将初熟的麦子磨成面给祭司，福气就必临到你们的家。 31无论是自然死亡的，还是被其他野兽咬死的禽兽，祭司都不可吃。
1Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 3It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4¶ 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. 5And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.44.5 mark well: Heb. set thine heart44.5 mark well: Heb. set thine heart 6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, 7In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.44.7 strangers: Heb. children of a stranger 8And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.44.8 my charge: or, my ward, or, ordinance
9¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. 11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. 12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.44.12 caused…: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc 13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
15¶ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: 16They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17¶ And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. 18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.44.18 with…: or, in sweating places: Heb. in, or, with sweat 19And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. 20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.44.22 put…: Heb. thrust forth44.22 that had…: Heb. from a priest 23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. 28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. 29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.44.29 dedicated: or, devoted 30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.44.30 And the first: or, And the chief 31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
