Ezekiel 44

1 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.

and to return: return [obj] me way: direction gate [the] sanctuary [the] outer [the] to turn east and he/she/it to shut

2 Yahweh said to me, “This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened, no man shall enter in by it; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered in by it. Therefore it shall be shut.

and to say to(wards) me LORD [the] gate [the] this to shut to be not to open and man: anyone not to come (in): come in/on/with him for LORD God Israel to come (in): come in/on/with him and to be to shut

3 As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before Yahweh. He shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out the same way.”

[obj] [the] leader leader he/she/it to dwell in/on/with him (to/for to eat *QK) food: bread to/for face: before LORD from way: road Portico [the] gate to come (in): come and from way: road his to come out: come

4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house; so I fell on my face.

and to come (in): bring me way: road gate [the] north to(wards) face: before [the] house: home and to see: see and behold to fill glory LORD [obj] house: temple LORD and to fall: fall to(wards) face my

5 Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of Yahweh’s house and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

and to say to(wards) me LORD son: child man to set: consider heart your and to see: see in/on/with eye your and in/on/with ear your to hear: hear [obj] all which I to speak: speak [obj] you to/for all statute house: temple LORD and to/for all (instruction his *QK) and to set: consider heart your to/for entrance [the] house: home in/on/with all exit [the] sanctuary

6 You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations,

and to say to(wards) rebellion to(wards) house: household Israel thus to say Lord YHWH/God many to/for you from all abomination your house: household Israel

7 in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations.

in/on/with to come (in): bring you son: type of foreign uncircumcised heart and uncircumcised flesh to/for to be in/on/with sanctuary my to/for to profane/begin: profane him [obj] house: home my in/on/with to present: bring you [obj] food my fat and blood and to break [obj] covenant my to(wards) all abomination your

8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”

and not to keep: obey charge holiness my and to set: make [emph?] to/for to keep: obey charge my in/on/with sanctuary my to/for you

9 The Lord Yahweh says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

thus to say Lord YHWH/God all son: type of foreign uncircumcised heart and uncircumcised flesh not to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary my to/for all son: descendant/people foreign which in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel

10 “‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.

that if: except if: except [the] Levi which to remove from upon me in/on/with to go astray Israel which to go astray from upon me after idol their and to lift: guilt iniquity: punishment their

11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

and to be in/on/with sanctuary my to minister punishment to(wards) gate [the] house: home and to minister [obj] [the] house: home they(masc.) to slaughter [obj] [the] burnt offering and [obj] [the] sacrifice to/for people and they(masc.) to stand: stand to/for face: before their to/for to minister them

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and they will bear their iniquity.

because which to minister [obj] them to/for face: before idol their and to be to/for house: household Israel to/for stumbling iniquity: crime upon so to lift: vow hand: vow my upon them utterance Lord YHWH/God and to lift: vow iniquity: punishment their

13 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

and not to approach: approach to(wards) me to/for to minister to/for me and to/for to approach: approach upon all holiness my to(wards) holiness [the] holiness and to lift: bear shame their and abomination their which to make

14 Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.

and to give: put [obj] them to keep: obey charge [the] house: home to/for all service: ministry his and to/for all which to make: do in/on/with him

15 “‘“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord Yahweh.

and [the] priest [the] Levi son: descendant/people Zadok which to keep: obey [obj] charge sanctuary my in/on/with to go astray son: descendant/people Israel from upon me they(masc.) to present: come to(wards) me to/for to minister me and to stand: stand to/for face: before my to/for to present: bring to/for me fat and blood utterance Lord YHWH/God

16 “They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

they(masc.) to come (in): come to(wards) sanctuary my and they(masc.) to present: come to(wards) table my to/for to minister me and to keep: obey [obj] charge my

17 “‘“It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

and to be in/on/with to come (in): come they to(wards) gate [the] court [the] inner garment flax to clothe and not to ascend: rise upon them wool in/on/with to minister they in/on/with gate [the] court [the] inner and house: inside [to]

18 They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.

headdress flax to be upon head their and undergarment flax to be upon loin their not to gird in/on/with sweat

19 When they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister and lay them in the holy rooms. They shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

and in/on/with to come out: come they to(wards) [the] court [the] outer to(wards) [the] court [the] outer to(wards) [the] people to strip [obj] garment their which they(masc.) to minister in/on/with them and to rest [obj] them in/on/with chamber [the] holiness and to clothe garment another and not to consecrate: holiness [obj] [the] people in/on/with garment their

20 “‘“They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

and head their not to shave and lock not to send: depart to shear to shear [obj] head their

21 None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court.

and wine not to drink all priest in/on/with to come (in): come they to(wards) [the] court [the] inner

22 They shall not take for their wives a widow, or her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

and widow and to drive out: divorce not to take: marry to/for them to/for woman: wife that if: except if: except virgin from seed: children house: household Israel and [the] widow which to be widow from priest to take: marry

23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

and [obj] people my to show between holiness to/for common and between unclean to/for pure to know them

24 “‘“In a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts. They shall make my Sabbaths holy.

and upon strife they(masc.) to stand: stand (to/for justice: judgement *QK) in/on/with justice: judgement my (to judge him *QK) and [obj] instruction my and [obj] statute my in/on/with all meeting: festival my to keep: obey and [obj] Sabbath my to consecrate: consecate

25 “‘“They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

and to(wards) to die man not to come (in): come to/for to defile that if: except if: except to/for father and to/for mother and to/for son: child and to/for daughter to/for brother: male-sibling and to/for sister which not to be to/for man to defile

26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

and after purifying his seven day to recount to/for him

27 In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” says the Lord Yahweh.

and in/on/with day to come (in): come he to(wards) [the] Holy Place to(wards) [the] court [the] inner to/for to minister in/on/with Holy Place to present: bring sin: sin offering his utterance Lord YHWH/God

28 “‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession.

and to be to/for them to/for inheritance I inheritance their and possession not to give: give to/for them in/on/with Israel I possession their

29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

[the] offering and [the] sin: sin offering and [the] guilt (offering) they(masc.) to eat them and all devoted thing in/on/with Israel to/for them to be

30 The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

and first: beginning all firstfruit all and all contribution all from all contribution your to/for priest to be and first: beginning dough your to give: give to/for priest to/for to rest blessing to(wards) house: household your

31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.

all carcass and torn animal from [the] bird and from [the] animal not to eat [the] priest