Ezekiel 44 (NET)

Ezekiel 44:1¹Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that faces east, but it was shut.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:1Ezek 40:17Ezek 40:6Ezek 42:142 Chr 20:52 Chr 33:52 Chr 4:9Acts 21:28-30Ezek 43:4Ezek 46:1

Ezekiel 44:2²The Lord said to me: “This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 24:10Ezek 43:2-4Isa 6:1-5

Ezekiel 44:3³Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 46:2Ezek 37:251 Cor 10:18-33Ezek 34:24Gen 31:54Ezek 40:9Ezek 46:8-102 Chr 34:31Exod 24:9-11Rev 3:20

Ezekiel 44:4⁴Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the Lord filling the Lord’ s temple, and I threw myself face down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:28Ezek 3:23Rev 1:17Ezek 40:20Ezek 43:3-5Ezek 40:40Hag 2:7Isa 6:3-4Ezek 10:18-19Ezek 10:4

Ezekiel 44:5⁵The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, watch closely, and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’ s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 40:4Ezek 43:10-11Deut 12:32Deut 32:461 Chr 22:192 Chr 11:16Acts 8:36Dan 10:12Exod 9:21Matt 28:20

Ezekiel 44:6⁶Say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:3Ezek 3:9Ezek 45:9Ezek 2:5-8Ezek 3:26-27

Ezekiel 44:7⁷When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it—even my house—when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:26Lev 22:25Jer 4:4Ezek 44:9Gen 17:14Lev 26:41Acts 21:28Acts 7:51Deut 10:16Mal 1:12-14

Ezekiel 44:8⁸You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:321 Tim 6:132 Tim 4:1Acts 7:53Ezek 40:45-46Ezek 44:14Ezek 44:16Ezra 8:24-30Lev 22:2-33Num 18:3-5

Ezekiel 44:9⁹This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel will enter into my sanctuary.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Joel 3:17Zech 14:21Ezek 44:7John 3:3-5Mark 16:16Ps 50:16Ps 93:5Titus 1:5-9

Ezekiel 44:10¹⁰“‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 48:11Ezek 22:261 Tim 5:222 Kgs 23:8-9Ezek 44:152 Chr 29:4-5Gen 4:13Isa 53:11Jer 23:11Lev 19:8

Ezekiel 44:11¹¹Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 16:92 Chr 29:341 Chr 26:1-192 Chr 30:17Ezek 40:45Ezek 44:14Num 18:62 Chr 35:10-11Num 3:5-37

Ezekiel 44:12¹²Because they used to minister to them before their idols and became a sinful obstacle to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow concerning them, declares the Sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible for their sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:10-16Ezek 14:3-4Ps 106:26Ezek 20:15Ezek 20:23Ezek 44:101 Sam 2:29-30Amos 8:7Deut 32:40-42Ezek 20:28

Ezekiel 44:13¹³They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things that are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:32 Kgs 23:9Ezek 16:61Ezek 32:20Ezek 36:7

Ezekiel 44:14¹⁴Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all its service, and all that will be done in it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:28-32Num 18:4

Ezekiel 44:15¹⁵“‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Sovereign Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 10:8Ezek 48:11Ezek 40:46Ezek 43:19Ezek 44:71 Sam 2:352 Tim 2:2Lev 3:16-17Zech 3:1-71 Kgs 2:35

Ezekiel 44:16¹⁶They will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 41:22Mal 1:12Mal 1:7Num 18:7-8Deut 33:8-10Num 18:5Rev 1:6

Ezekiel 44:17¹⁷“‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:8Exod 28:43Exod 39:27-29Exod 28:39-40Lev 16:4Rev 4:4

Ezekiel 44:18¹⁸Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:4-101 Cor 14:40Exod 28:40-43Exod 39:28Isa 3:20Lev 16:4

Ezekiel 44:19¹⁹When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 46:20Lev 6:27Lev 6:10-11Exod 29:37Exod 30:29Matt 23:17-191 Cor 3:5-6Ezek 42:13-14

Ezekiel 44:20²⁰“‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 11:14Deut 14:1Lev 21:5-24Num 6:5

Ezekiel 44:21²¹No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 10:9Titus 1:7-81 Tim 3:81 Tim 5:23Luke 1:15

Ezekiel 44:22²²They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 21:7Lev 21:13-141 Tim 3:11-121 Tim 3:21 Tim 3:4-5Deut 24:1-4Titus 1:6

Ezekiel 44:23²³Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:26Lev 10:10-112 Tim 2:24-25Hos 4:6Mal 2:6-9Zeph 3:4Deut 33:10Hag 2:11-13Titus 1:9-11Mic 3:9-11

Ezekiel 44:24²⁴“‘In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:42 Chr 19:8-10Ezek 22:261 Tim 3:15Deut 17:8-13Ezra 2:63Isa 58:13-14Lev 23:1-44Neh 8:1-18Num 28:1-29

Ezekiel 44:25²⁵“‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 22:4Lev 21:1-6Luke 9:59-60Matt 8:21-221 Thess 4:13-152 Cor 5:16

Ezekiel 44:26²⁶After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 9:13-14Num 19:11-14Num 6:10-21

Ezekiel 44:27²⁷On the day he enters the sanctuary into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the Sovereign Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 6:9-11Ezek 44:17Heb 7:26-28Lev 4:3-35Lev 8:14-36

Ezekiel 44:28²⁸“‘This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 13:33Num 18:20Deut 18:1-2Deut 10:9Ezek 45:41 Pet 5:2-4Ezek 48:9-11Josh 13:14

Ezekiel 44:29²⁹They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:14Lev 27:21Lev 27:28Lev 6:14-18Lev 6:26Lev 6:29Lev 7:61 Cor 9:13-14Heb 13:10Lev 2:10

Ezekiel 44:30³⁰The first of all the firstfruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 10:35-372 Chr 31:10Deut 18:4Num 15:19-21Num 18:12-18Deut 26:10-15Exod 13:12Exod 13:2Exod 22:29Exod 23:19

Ezekiel 44:31³¹The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 22:8Exod 22:31Deut 14:211 Cor 8:13Ezek 4:14Lev 17:15Rom 14:20