Before 10 And the little chambers of the gate CHRIST eastward were three on this side, and 574. three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. ! Heb. amit, of, found. 11 Kings 6. f Heb. Gr, perches 1 Or, within. 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. 14 B He 19 made also posts 10 of threescore cubits, 11 even unto the post of 11 B the court 12 round about the gate 12. 15 And from the 13 face of the gate of the entrance unto the 13 face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. 16 And there were † narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward and upon each post were palm trees. 17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were 15 cham12bers, and a pavement made for the court Kings 6. round about: thirty 15 chambers were upon the pavement. • ch. 45. 5. Or. from ma ↑ Heb whose face was. 18 And the pavement 16 by the side of the gates over against 16 the length of the gates 17 was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the breadth from 20 And the gate of the outward court 21 And the little chambers thereof were 1 Or. galleri 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. gates of the temple. 25 And there were windows in it and in the 14 arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the 14 arches thereof were before them and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 27 And there was a gate in the inner 28 And he brought me to the inner court 31 And the 14 arches thereof were toward 32 And he brought me into the inner 34 And the 14 arches thereof were toward 35 And he brought me to the north measures; 36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 37 And the B posts thereof were toward the 20 utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. 38 And 21 the chambers and the entries 24 After that he brought me toward VAR. REND. V. 11. (each) gateway, Bö. Hä. Hi. 13 V. 15. front.-14 Vs. 16-36. flutings, Klie. Var. Read.-V. 14. B And the work of the guards and of the posts was forty cubits; and ching the posts of the guard-rooms (was), Bo. -V. 4. B Insert, the guard-rooms thereof, and, pt. Bö. Hi. Ew. Comp. vs. 29, 33. offering. Before CHRIST 574. p See ver. 21, 39 23 And in the porch of the gate were 40 And at the 24 side without, 25 as 41 Four tables were on this side, and 42 27 And the four tables were 27 of hewn r Lev. 5. 6. VAR. REND.-20 1's. 31, 37. i.c. outer. 21 V. 38. there was a cell with the entry thereof, Ew. Ke. 22 rinsed (2 Chr. 4. 6). 23 V. 39. (Should stand before v. 38, Currey.) 24 Vs. 40, 41. Lit. shoulder. 25 V. 40. northward, as one....of the gate. 26 belonging to, Bö. Ke. Schrö. 27 V. 42. Moreover, four tables. VAR. READ.-V. 30. B Omit, 3 MSS. (more formerly) Sept. Ew. Hi. Bo.-V. 37. S portals (1.), Sept. Vulg. Hi. Ew. (vs. 81, 34).-V. 38. B portal, Hi. Ew. (pt). y east gate, Ew. Hi. (comp. v. 40). The measures, parts, and Before CHRIST 574. | Or, endirons, or, the two hearth stones. EZEKIEL, 41. stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereapon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 B And within were hooks, an hand 28 broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering B. 44 B And without the inner gate were 8 1 Chron. 6. y the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south one at the side of the east gate y having the prospect to ward the north. 31. 45 And he said unto me, This 15 chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the Num. 3. 27, charge of the house. Lev. 8. 35. 28, 32, 38. & 18. 5. 1 Chron. 9. 23. 2 Chron. 13. 11. Ps. 134. 1. Or, ward, or, erdi. nance And 80 ver. 46. 5. Num. 18. ch. 44. 15. 1 Kings 2. 35. ch. 43. 19. 46 And the 15 chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, "the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. 47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar 29 that was before the house. 48 And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth 44. 15, 16. of the gate was ẞ three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth B eleven cubits; and y he brought me by the steps whereby they wenty up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. y 1 Kings 6. 3. 1 Kings 7. 21. | Or, entrance. a 1 Kings 6. 20. 2 Chron. 3. 8. CHAPTER 41. The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple. ornaments of the temple. 6 And the side chambers were three, 1 Kings & tone over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold. but they had not hold in the wall of the re house. 7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house 9: therefore the 10 breadth of the house was still 10 upward, 8 and so in radier, creased from B the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. 8 I saw also 11 the height of the house round about ": the foundations of the side chambers were da full reed 12 of six #1. ↓ great cubits 12. 9 The thickness of the wall, which tras for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left 13 was i the place of the side chambers that were within. 10 And between the chambers 13 was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the Bplace that was ß left 14 was five cubits round about. 12 Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 13 So he measured the house, an hunAFTERWARD he brought me to the dred cubits long; and the separate place, Al temple, and measured the posts, six and the building, with the walls thereof, cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the B tabernacle. 2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the 2 sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits and the breadth, twenty cubits. 3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the B breadth of the door, seven cubits. 4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty VAR. REND.28 V. 43. long.29 V. 47. Omit. Chap. 41. 1 Vs. 1. 15, 21, 23. nave (1 Kings 6. 3). 2 V. 2. Lit. shoulders. 3 V. 3. i.e. to the Most Holy place. — posts. 5 i.e. in height, Ke. VAR. READ.-V. 43. B So Targ. Bö. Rö. Ke.; And they had an edge of one span, and a border inwards, fastened on round about; and above upon the tables were coverings to shelter them from the rain and from the drought, Ew. Hi. (from Sept. and partly Vulg.); comp. ch. 43. 13, 17. V. 44. B And he brought me into the inner court; and behold, Sept. Ew. Hi. y two cells in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate, with its prospect toward the south, and the other at the side of the south gate, Sept. Bö. Ew. Hi. Ke. Thr. -V. 48. B So Klie. Ke. Add, fourteen cubits, and the shoulders of the gate were, Sept. Bö. Hi. Ew. Thr. (understanding the length.' . 49, of the space across the entrance, as 1 Kings 6. 3). V. 49. B twelve, Sept. Bö. Er. Hi. Thr. (1.)- -y by ten steps went they, Sept. Bö. Ew. Hä. Hi. (1.) Chap. 41. V. 1. 8 posts, Sept. Ew. Hi. (1)V. 3. B So Ke.; shoulders, Sept. Bo. Ew. Hi. Thr. (referring the two cubits to the thickness of the posts, measured from east to west).. an hundred cubits long; 14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. 15 And he measured the length of the building 15 over against 15 the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries! thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred Bcubits, 16 with the inner 1 temple, and the porches of the court; 16 The door posts, and the narrow windows 8 and the galleries round about on their three stories, 17 over against the 1 7།མཐུ1::,77་ VAR. REND.-6 V. 4. in front of the nave the Holy place). V. 5. See 1 Kings 6.5 — 6 came upon, Bö. Ke. V. 7. a broadening and overlapping increasing with each for that which surrounded the house, the higher it story upward rose, surrounded the house the more, K. Br. B while altering the text, arrive at a similar re 10 house grew broader.11 V. 8. an heirat ro about the house, Ke. (an elevation upon the side-chambers were built). 12 of six enbis to the joint, Ke. Or perhaps, to the eieling: perly, the line of junction between one story ac the next above it; so la. Klie. Currey. Senat scure.)13 Vs. 9, 10. between the side-chambers pr taining to the house and the cells, Bo. Fr. I 14 V. 11. Viz. between the side-chambers and th temple, Ew. Hi. 15 F. 15. in front of e. 12 16 and.- 17 V. 16. to (?) the front of the thres were veneered, Ew. VAR. READ.-V. 7. B So virtually Ke.; and went up from, Sept. Pesh. Vulg. Surm. Bb. Er Comp. 1 Kings 6. 8.-T. 11. B fountain gallery) of the place that was, Thr., with trace in Sept. (1.) —— Vs. 15, 16. 6 cubits. the inner nave, and the outer porch, were de in (1 Kings 6. 15), and the windows closed 16), Sept. Ew. and in the main Hi. 16 3 味 Chambers for the priests, Before CHRIST 574. Heb. cieling of wood. 1 Or, and the ground Bare the windows. + Heb. queasures. 11 Kings 6. 29 g See eh. 1. 10. † Heb. post. A Ex. 30. 1. ich. 44. 16. Mai. 1. 7, 12. * Ex. 30.8. 11 Kings 6. 31-35 meh. 40. 16. ver. 16. ach. 41. 12, 15. ch. 41. 16. EZEKIEL, 42. door, † cieled 17 with wood round yabout, and from the ground up to the windows, 18 and the windows were covered 18; 17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and 19 without, and 20 by all the wall round about 21 within and without 21, by † measure. 18 And it was made with y cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. 20 From the ground unto above the door vere cherubims and palm trees made, Band on 8 the wall y of the templey. 21 The 23+ posts of the temple were squared, and 24 the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other 24. 22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits ß; and the corners thereof, and the y length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other 1 The chambers for the priests. 13 The use thereof 19 The measures of the outward court. HEN he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. 2 Before the length of an 3 hundred cubits Bwas the north door ß, and the breadth was fifty cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which 7ere for the inner court, and over a gainst the pavement which 7 was for the atter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories B. 4 And before the chambers was a walk VAR. REND.-18 V. 16. (Should be in parenthesis: 6. Hi. Ex. regard it as a gloss.) 19 V. 17. i.e. the porch, H.-20 on. 21 See 1 Kings 6. 29. P. 20. Insert, the.23 V. 21. door-posts. 24 So =fect Ke. (the front of the sanctuary resembled he front of the nave); the front of the sanctuary ad an appearance such as is the appearance (= ch is well known), Fö. Ew. 25 V. 25. was andwork (perhaps, a cornice) in front, Ke. F 26. closed. Heb. shoulders. 28 (upon) e woodwork. Chap. 42. 1 V. 1. to the cells.3 v. 2. (Even) to the front of the.with the door on the north (F), Bö. Ke. 2, 3. cubits, Over against, &c. utter with, Ke. 7 V. 3. belonged to. 8 the ird story, Ke.- -9 Vs. 4, 5, 7. 8, 11, 12, 13. cells. VAR. READ. Vs. 16-18. y about. 17. And from, and without; 18. Were there made, Bö. Hi. - after Sept. (Omission of by measure. And.') - P. 20. B for, Bö. (1.) y (Marked as doubtful Heb. text) Omit, 11 MSS. Sept. Pesh. Vulg. Bö. 22. B Add, and the breadth two cubits, Ex. Hi. -y base, Sept. Bö. Ew. Hi. Ke. Chap. 42. V. 2.B toward the north, Ew. Hi. and the use thereof. 5 Now the upper 9 chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than ¡ Or, did these, than the lower, and 12 than the middlemost of the building. 6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 7 And the wall that was without 13 over against 13 the chambers, toward the utter court 1 on the forepart 1 of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. 8 For the length of the 9 chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: 15 and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. 9 And B from under these chambers was B the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. 10 16 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the Beast, over against the separate place, and over against the building. cat of these. Or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost. Or, from the place. Or, he that brought me. Or, as he came. 11 And the way before them was like 16 ever. 4. the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and 17 all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. 12 And according to 17 the doors of the 9 chambers that were toward the south 18 was a door in the head 18 of the way, even the way directly before the wall 19 toward the east, as one entereth into them. 13 Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the d Lev. 6. 16, most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the Lev. 2. 3, trespass offering; for the place is holy. 14 When the priests 20 enter therein 20, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall fch. 44. 19. put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. 15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. 16 He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred Breeds, with the measuring y reed round about. 17 Hey measured the north side, five hundred Breeds, with the measuring y reed round about. 18 Hey measured the south side, five hundred Breeds, with the measuring reed. VAR. REND.-10 V. 4. (leading) into the inner court. 11. 5. took away from these, (to wit) from.12 Va. 5, 9. from. 13 V. 7. by the side of. 14 in the front. - 15 v. 8. but. 16 Vs. 10, 11. On the breadth of the wall, &c.... building, were cells, With a way before them like.17 Vs. 11, 12. with all their goings out, and according to their fashions. And as their doors, so were also, Ke. and substantially Bö. Ew. 18 V. 12. there was a door at the beginning.- 19 Or, the way from, Ew. Ke. 20 V. 14. enter in (viz. to the sanctuary). VAR. READ.-V. 4. B an hundred cubits long, Sept. Pesh. Ew. Hi. Ke.-V. 9. B So Heb. marg. Bö. E.; from underneath it (appeared) these cells: having, Heb. text, Klie. Ke. V. 10. B south, Sept. Bö. Ew. Hi. Ke. (v. 12). Vs. 16, 17, 18. B So Klie. Ke.: cubits, Sept. Bö. Hi. Thr.; in effect Ew. He.Vs. 16, 17, 18. y reed. He turned about, and, Sept. Bo. Ew. Hi. (v. 19). Return of God's glory. Before CHRIST 574. 9 ch. 40. 5. h ch. 45. 2. ch. 10. 19. & 44. 1. & 46. 1. 6 ch. 11. 23. e ch. 1. 24. Rev. 1. 15. & 14.2. & 19. 1, 6. d ch. 10. 4. Rev. 18. 1. ch. 1. 4, 28. & 8. 4. EZEKIEL, 43. 19 He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred Breeds with the measuring reed. 20 He measured it by the four sides: zit had a wall round about, five hundred 21 reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and 22 the profane place 22. CHAPTER 43. 1 The returning of the glory of God into the temple. 7 The sin of Israel hindered God's presence. 10 The prophet exhorteth them to repentance, and observation of the law of the house. 13 The measures, 18 and the ordinances of the altar. AFT FTERWARD he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the 1 Or, when I visions were like the vision that I saw came to pro-9 by the river Chebar; and I fell upon phesy that my face. the city should be destroyed: See ch. 9.1, 5. So Jer. 1. 10. 9 ch. 1. 3. & 3. 23. A See ch. 10. & 44. 2. i eh. 3. 12, & 8.3. Ps. 99. 5. 2 Cor. 6.16. & 21. 4, 5, 7. & 23. 39. & 44.7. t ver. 7. uch. 40. 4. or, number. 4 And the glory of the LORD came 6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. 7 And he said unto me, Son of man, 5 the place of my throne, and "the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel Pno more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings Bin their high places B. 8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, 7 and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. 10 Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the B pattern. 11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, B and all the forms thereof B, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole formy thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the house; Upon VAR. REND.-1 V. 20. Or, cubits, Sept. Vulg. Bö. Hi. Thr. E. He.22 that which was profane (i.e. the outside). -Chap. 43. 1 V. 2. the noise of him, Ew. Ke. 2 V. 3. the appearance, de., was like, Ke., and in effect Hi.3 v. 5. Or, And a wind, Ke. V. 6. a. V. 7. Understand, Behold here, Hi. Ke. 6 for ever. My holy name will.-7 V. 8. with (only). 8 V. 11. disposition, Ke. VAR. READ.-Chap. 43. V. 7. B when they be dead, several MSS. (including ancient one at St. Peters burg), Targ. Houb. Bö. Er. Hi. (pt.) V. 10. B with his appearance and his, Sept. E. Hi.-V. 11. B Omit, MSS. Sept. Ew. Hi. γ all the rights, Sept. Ew. Hi. The ordinances of the altar, 13 And these are the measures of the rch 2 altar after the cubits: The cabit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the 5. bottom shall be 3 cubit 9 and the 4.8 breadth a cubit, and the border thereof Beh by the edge thereof round about shall bon. be Ba span: and this shall be the 10higher † Bes. p. place 10 of the altar. 14 And from 8 the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 15 11 So the altar shall be four cubits; Heb. and from † the 12 altar and upward shall He be 13 four horns. that is the of ind 16 And the 12 altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four heb Arid, 14 squares thereof. 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four 14 squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the 15 bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his Ser Esk 16 stairs shall look toward the east. 18 And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GoD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offer ings thereon, and to 17a sprinkle blood thereon 17. ch 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young Ex B bullock for a sin offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thas shalt thou 18 cleanse and 19 purge it. 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a 20 kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. VAR. REND.-9 V. 13. viz. in depth, Sept.— (F), Currey.- 11 V. 15. And the hearth, Gr. Er. D 12 Vs. 15, 16. hearth. 18. 15. the font-14 Vs. 16, 17. sides. 15 . 17. Heb. bom. 16 steps (Ex. 20. 26).- 17. 18. throw blood again it (Lev. 1. 5).18 V. 20. Lit. free it from sin L 8. 15): so rs. 22, 23.-19 1's. 20, 26. Lit. make stom ment for. 20 1's. 22, 25. shaggy buck. Y it, Targ. Jer. Ew. Hä. Ke. (lit. fill the hand the Ex. 28. 41). VAR. READ. Vs. 13, 14. B a span. 14. And this she be the height of the altar: from, Sept. E. EN V. 26. B as marg., Sept. Pesh. Hi. See 2 Chron. 13. EZEKIEL, 44. 1 The east gate assigned only to the prince. 4 The priests reproved for polluting of the sunc tuary, 9 Idoliters uncapable of the priest's of fice. 15 The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto. 17 Ordinances for the priests. THEN HEN he brought me back the way of the 1 gate of the outward sanctuary a which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 2 Then 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. 8 It 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 4 ch. 46.2, 8. by the way of the same. 1 Cor. 10. 1. ech. 3. 23. & 43. 5. fch. 1. 28. y ch. 40. 4. † Heb. et thine heart. A ch. 2. 5. í eh. 45.9. 1 Pet. 4 3. tch. 43. 8. ver. 9. + Heb. children of a stranger. 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. 5 And 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. 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellions, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye honse of Israel, let Acta 21. 28. it suffice you of all your abominations, 7 *In that ye have brought into my sanctuary 'strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be Lev. 22. 23. 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 2 because of all your2 abominations. Lev. 26.41. Dent, 10, 16. a Lev. 21. 6, + Lev, 3. 16. 17. 11. Lev. 22. 2, &c. And so ver. 14, 16, ¡r See 2 Kin. 8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have keepers of my charge in my sanctuary set for yourselves. 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. 10 3 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, 2 Chr. 19.4, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. 5. ch. 48. 11. 1.1 Chr. 25. 1. 12 Chr. 29. 34. u Num. 16. 113 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, haring 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. 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and 6t caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and F. 106. 26. they shall bear their iniquity. g Num. 18. 3. 13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, 7 in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14 But I will make them a keepers of the charge of the house, for all the ser VAR. REND.-Chap. 44. 1. 1. outer gate of the. -2 V. 7. beside all your own. V. 10. But Vs. 10, 12. idol-blocks, Ge.; doll-images, Exc. 5 V8. 11, 14. And.6 V. 12. Lit. were unto, de., a stumbling-block of (ch. 18. 30). 7 V. 13. nor) to the things which be most holy. Ordinances for the priests. 15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of bch. 40. 46. 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 Deut. 10, 8, GoD: 16 They 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. 18 They 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. 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their gar ments wherein they ministered, and lay k ch. 42. 14. ¡ them in the holy 8 chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their ch. 46. 20, garments. 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. 22 Neither 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. 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 25 And they shall come at no 'dead person to defile themselves: but for father, ter, for brother, or for sister that hath or for mother, or for son, or for daugh. Num. 6.10. had no husband, they may defile themselves. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. 27 And 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. 28 And 10 it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I y am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. & 19.11, &c. u ver. 17. z lev. 4. 3. y Num. 18. 20. Deut. 10. 9. a Lev. 27.21, compared with Num. 18. 14. Or, devoted. 29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every 11 dedicated thing in Israel Or, chief. shall be their's. 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every 12 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 13 dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. |