Ezekiel 44

vayyashev oti derekh sha'ar hammiqdash hakhitson happoneh qadim vehu sagur

Then he led me back to the outer gate of the Sanctuary that faced eastward; it was shut.

vayyomer elay Adonai hasha'ar hazzeh sagur yihyeh lo yippateakh ve'ish lo-yavo vo ki Adonai elohe-yisra'el ba vo vehayah sagur

And GOD said to me: This gate is to be kept shut and is not to be opened! No one shall enter by it because the ETERNAL, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut.

et-hannasi nasi hu yeshev-bo (lkhvl) [le'ekhol-]lekhem lifne Adonai midderekh ulam hasha'ar yavo umiddarko yetse

Only the prince may sit in it and eat bread before GOD, since he is a prince; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall depart by the same way.

vayevi'eni derekh-sha'ar hatsafon el-pene habbayit va'ere vehinneh male khevod-Adonai et-bet Adonai va'eppol el-panay

Then he led me, by way of the north gate, to the front of the temple. I looked, and lo! the Presence of GOD filled the Temple of GOD; and I fell upon my face.

vayyomer elay Adonai ben-adam sim libbekha ure'eh ve'enekha uve'oznekha shema et kol-asher ani medabber otakh lekhol-khuqqot bet-Adonai ulekhol-torotav vesamta libbekha limvo habbayit bekhol motsa'e hammiqdash

Then GOD said to me: O mortal, mark well, look closely and listen carefully to everything that I tell you regarding all the laws of the Temple of GOD and all the instructions regarding it. Note well who may enter the temple and all who must be excluded from the Sanctuary.

ve'amarta el-meri el-bet yisra'el koh amar adonay Elohim rav-lakhem mikkol-to'avotekhem bet yisra'el

And say to the rebellious House of Israel: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Too long, O House of Israel, have you committed all your abominations,

bahavi'akhem bene-nekhar arle-lev ve'arle vasar lihyot bemiqdashi lekhallelo et-beti behaqrivekhem et-lakhmi khelev vadam vayyaferu et-beriti el kol-to'avotekhem

admitting aliens, uncircumcised of spirit and uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My Sanctuary and profane My very Temple, when you offer up My food—the fat and the blood. You have broken My covenant with all your abominations.

velo shemartem mishmeret qodashay vattesimun leshomere mishmarti bemiqdashi lakhem

You have not discharged the duties concerning My sacred offerings, but have appointed them to discharge the duties of My Sanctuary for you.

koh-amar adonay Elohim kol-ben-nekhar erel lev ve'erel basar lo yavo el-miqdashi lekhol-ben-nekhar asher betokh bene yisra'el

Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Let no alien, uncircumcised in spirit and flesh, enter My Sanctuary—no alien whatsoever among the people of Israel.

ki im-haleviyyim asher rakhaqu me'alay bitot yisra'el asher ta'u me'alay akhare gillulehem venase'u avonam

But the Levites who forsook Me when Israel went astray—straying from Me to follow their fetishes—shall suffer their punishment:

vehayu vemiqdashi mesharetim pequddot el-sha'are habbayit umesharetim et-habbayit hemmah yishkhatu et-ha'olah ve'et-hazzevakh la'am vehemmah ya'amdu lifnehem lesharetam

They shall be servitors in My Sanctuary, appointed over the Temple gates, and performing the chores of My Temple; they shall slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people. They shall attend on them and serve them.

ya'an asher yesharetu otam lifne gillulehem vehayu levet-yisra'el lemikhshol avon al-ken nasati yadi alehem ne'um adonay Elohim venase'u avonam

Because they served the House of Israel in the presence of their fetishes and made them stumble into guilt, therefore—declares the Sovereign GOD—I have sworn concerning them that they shall suffer their punishment:

velo-yiggeshu elay lekhahen li velageshet al-kol-qodashay el-qodshe haqqodashim venase'u kelimmatam veto'avotam asher asu

They shall not approach Me to serve Me as priests, to come near any of My sacred offerings, the most holy things. They shall bear their shame for the abominations that they committed.

venatatti otam shomere mishmeret habbayit lekhol avodato ulekhol asher ye'aseh bo

I will appoint them to attend to the duties of the temple, to perform all its chores, everything that needs to be done in it.

vehakkohanim haleviyyim bene tsadoq asher shameru et-mishmeret miqdashi bitot bene-yisra'el me'alay hemmah yiqrevu elay leshareteni ve'amedu lefanay lehaqriv li khelev vadam ne'um adonay Elohim

But the levitical priests descended from Zadok, who maintained the service of My Sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from Me—they shall approach Me to minister to Me; they shall stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood—declares the Sovereign GOD.

hemmah yavo'u el-miqdashi vehemmah yiqrevu el-shulkhani leshareteni veshameru et-mishmarti

They alone may enter My Sanctuary and they alone shall approach My table to minister to Me; and they shall keep My charge.

vehayah bevo'am el-sha'are hekhatser happenimit bigde fishtim yilbashu velo-ya'aleh alehem tsemer besharetam besha'are hekhatser happenimit vavayetah

And when they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen vestments: they shall have nothing woolen upon them when they minister inside the gates of the inner court.

pa'are fishtim yihyu al-rosham umikhnese fishtim yihyu al-motnehem lo yakhgeru bayyaza

They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen breeches on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.

uvetsetam el-hekhatser hakhitsonah el-hekhatser hakhitsonah el-ha'am yifshetu et-bigdehem asher-hemmah mesharetim bam vehinnikhu otam belishkhot haqqodesh velaveshu begadim akherim velo-yeqaddeshu et-ha'am bevigdehem

When they go out to the outer court—the outer court where the people are—they shall remove the vestments in which they minister and shall deposit them in the sacred chambers; they shall put on other garments, lest they make the people consecrated by [contact with] their vestments.

verosham lo yegallekhu ufera lo yeshallekhu kasom yikhsemu et-rashehem

They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair go untrimmed; they shall keep their hair trimmed.

veyayin lo-yishtu kol-kohen bevo'am el-hekhatser happenimit

No priest shall drink wine when he enters into the inner court.

ve'almanah ugerushah lo-yiqkhu lahem lenashim ki im-betulot mizzera bet yisra'el veha'almanah asher tihyeh almanah mikkohen yiqqakhu

They shall not marry widows or divorced women of the stock of the House of Israel, but only virgins; or they may marry widows who are widows of priests.

ve'et-ammi yoru ben qodesh lekhol uven-tame letahor yodi'um

They shall declare to My people what is sacred and what is profane, and inform them what is pure and what is impure.

ve'al-riv hemmah ya'amdu (lshft) [lemishpat] bemishpatay (vshfthv) [yishpetuhu] ve'et-torotay ve'et-khuqqotay bekhol-mo'aday yishmoru ve'et-shabbetotay yeqaddeshu

In lawsuits, too, it is they who shall act as judges; they shall decide them in accordance with My rules. They shall preserve My teachings and My laws regarding all My fixed occasions; and they shall maintain the sanctity of My sabbaths.

ve'el-met adam lo yavo letomah ki im-le'av ule'em uleven ulevat le'akh ule'akhot asher-lo-hayetah le'ish yittamma'u

[A priest] shall not defile himself by entering [a house] where there is a dead person. He shall defile himself only for father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister.

ve'akhare tohorato shivat yamim yisperu-lo

After he has become pure, seven days shall be counted off for him;

uveyom bo'o el-haqqodesh el-hekhatser happenimit lesharet baqqodesh yaqriv khattato ne'um adonay Elohim

and on the day that he reenters the inner court of the Sanctuary to minister in the Sanctuary, he shall present his purgation offering—declares the Sovereign GOD.

vehayetah lahem lenakhalah ani nakhalatam va'akhuzzah lo-tittenu lahem beyisra'el ani akhuzzatam

This shall be their portion, for I am their portion; and no holding shall be given them in Israel, for I am their holding.

hamminkhah vehakhattat veha'asham hemmah yokhelum vekhol-kherem beyisra'el lahem yihyeh

The grain offerings, purgation offerings, and reparation offerings shall be consumed by them. Everything proscribed in Israel shall be theirs.

vereshit kol-bikkure khol vekhol-terumat kol mikkol terumotekhem lakkohanim yihyeh vereshit arisotekhem tittenu lakkohen lehaniakh berakhah el-betekha

All the choice first fruits of every kind, and all the gifts of every kind—of all your contributions—shall go to the priests. You shall further give the first of the yield of your baking to the priest, that a blessing may rest upon your home.

kol-nevelah uterefah min-ha'of umin-habbehemah lo yokhelu hakkohanim

Priests shall not eat anything, whether bird or animal, that died or was torn by beasts.