1 And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east; and it was shut.
2 And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter in by it: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; and it shall be shut.
3 As for the prince, he, the prince, shall sit in it to eat bread before Jehovah: he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4 And he brought me the way of the north gate before the house; and I beheld, and lo, the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah: and I fell upon my face.
5 And Jehovah said unto me, Son of man, apply thy heart, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the statutes of the house of Jehovah, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary;
6 and say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you of all your abominations, O house of Israel,
7 in that ye have brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, {even} my house, when ye offered my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations.
8 And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10 But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;
11 but they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and doing the service of the house: they shall slaughter 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 were unto the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, that they shall bear their iniquity.
13 And they shall not draw near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to draw near to any of my holy things, {even} to the most holy; but they shall bear their confusion, and their abominations which they have committed.
14 And 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 approach unto me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to present unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah.
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17 And it shall come to pass 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, when they minister in the gates of the inner court, and towards the house.
18 They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird on anything that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy cells; and they shall put on other garments, that they may not hallow the people with their garments.
20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads.
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court.
22 And they shall not 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 is the widow of a priest.
23 And they shall teach my people {the difference} between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
24 And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
25 And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.
26 And after he is cleansed, they shall count unto him seven days.
27 And on the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall present his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.
28 And 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.
29 They shall eat the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30 And the first of all the first-fruits of every {kind}, and every heave-offering of every {kind}, of all your heave-offerings, shall be for the priests; ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest on thy house.
31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or of that which is torn, whether of fowl or of beast.
1 他又领我回到圣所朝东的外门， 这门关闭着。
2 耶和华对我说： "这门必须关闭， 不可打开； 任何人也不得从那里进入； 因为耶和华以色列的 神已经从那里进入， 所以这门必须关闭。
3 只有君王可以坐在里面， 在耶和华面前吃饼； 他必须从门廊进入， 也必须从原路出来。"
4 他又领我经过北门来到殿前； 我观看， 见耶和华的荣耀充满耶和华的殿， 我就脸伏在地。
5 耶和华对我说： "人子啊！ 我所告诉你耶和华殿的一切规条和法则， 你都要留心， 用眼看， 用耳听， 并要留心圣殿的入口和圣所的所有出口。
6 你要对悖逆的以色列家说： ‘主耶和华这样说： 以色列家啊！ 你们所行一切可憎的事， 该够了吧！
7 你们除了行这一切可憎的事之外， 还在你们把脂肪和血献给我作食物的时候， 把身心都未受割礼的外族人带进我的圣所， 玷污了我的殿， 违背了我的约。
8 你们自己没有看守我的圣物， 却委派别人在我的圣所里代你们看守。’"
9 主耶和华这样说： "以色列人中一切身心都未受割礼的外族人， 都不可进入我的圣所。
10 以色列人走迷了路的时候， 有利未人远离我， 走迷了路。他们离开我去随从他们的偶像， 他们必担当自己的罪孽。
11 他们要在我的圣所作仆役， 看管殿门， 在圣殿中供职； 他们要为人民宰杀燔祭牲和其他祭牲， 又要站在人民面前侍候他们。
12 因为这些利未人曾在他们的偶像前侍候这人民， 成了陷以色列家在罪孽中的绊脚石。因此， 我向他们举手起誓， 他们必要担当自己的罪孽。这是主耶和华的宣告。
13 他们不可亲近我， 作我的祭司， 也不可亲近我的一切圣物， 或至圣之物。他们必要担当自己的羞辱和他们所行可憎之事的报应。
14 然而我要委派他们看守圣殿， 办理圣殿的一切事务， 作一切当作的工。
15 "以色列人走迷了路， 离开我的时候， 有祭司利未人， 就是撒督的子孙， 仍然看守我的圣所； 只有他们可以亲近我， 事奉我， 侍立在我面前， 把脂肪和血献给我。这是主耶和华的宣告。
16 他们可以进入我的圣所， 可以走近我的桌前来事奉我， 守我所吩咐的职责。
17 每逢他们进入内院的门， 必须穿上细麻衣； 每逢他们在内院的门和圣殿里供职， 他们不可穿上羊毛的衣服。
18 他们头上要戴细麻布的头巾， 腰间要穿细麻布的裤子； 不可穿上使身体容易出汗的衣服。
19 每逢他们出到外院民众那里， 就要把供职的衣服脱下， 存放在圣殿的房子里， 然后穿上别的衣服， 免得因自己的圣衣使人民成圣。
20 他们不可剃头， 也不可留长头发， 只可剪短头发。
21 所有祭司进入内院的时候， 都不可喝酒。
22 他们不可娶寡妇或被休的妇人； 只可娶以色列后裔中的处女， 或是祭司留下的寡妇。
23 他们要教导我的子民分别圣俗， 使他们分辨洁净的和不洁净的。
24 他们要在争讼的事上作判断， 要按着我的典章判断。他们要在我所有的节期里谨守我的律法和条例， 守我的安息日为圣日。
25 他们不可接近死人， 玷污自己， 但如果死人是他们的父亲、母亲、儿子、女儿、兄弟或是未嫁的姊妹， 他们就可以玷污自己。
26 祭司洁净以后， 还要再等七天。
27 他进入内院， 到圣所去， 在圣所供职的时候， 他要献上赎罪祭。这是主耶和华的宣告。
28 "祭司必有产业； 我就是他们的产业。你们不可在以色列中给他们基业； 我就是他们的基业。
29 素祭、赎罪祭和赎愆祭， 他们都可以吃。以色列中所有献给耶和华之物， 都要归给他们。
30 所有初熟之物中最好的和你们献上的一切供物， 都要归给祭司； 你们也要把最先磨好的面给祭司， 好让福气临到你的家。
31 无论是飞鸟或是走兽， 凡是自然死的， 或是被撕裂的， 祭司都不可吃。