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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 44

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Ezekiel 44 NASB - New American Standard BibleEzekiel 44 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 44 of Ezekiel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then He brought me back by the way of the 1outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut.
  2. The LORD said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the 2LORD God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.
  3. As for the 3prince, he shall sit in it as prince to 4eat bread before the LORD; he shall 5enter by way of the 6porch of the gate and shall go out [a]by the same way.”
  4. ¶ Then He brought me by way of the 7north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the 8glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD, and I 9fell on my face.
  5. The LORD said to me, “Son of man, [b]10mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the 11statutes of the house of the LORD and concerning all its laws; and [c]mark well the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary.
  6. You shall say to the [d]12rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord [e]GOD, “13Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel,
  7. when you brought in 14foreigners, 15uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you 16offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they 17made My covenant void—this in addition to all your abominations.
  8. And you have not 18kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners [f]to keep charge of My sanctuary.”
  9. ¶ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “19No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.
  10. But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who 20went astray from Me after their idols, shall 21bear the punishment for their iniquity.
  11. Yet they shall be 22ministers in My sanctuary, having 23oversight at the gates of the house and 24ministering in the house; they shall 25slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall 26stand before them to minister to them.
  12. Because they ministered to them 27before their idols and became a 28stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have [g]29sworn against them,” declares the Lord GOD, “that they shall 30bear the punishment for their iniquity.
  13. And they shall 31not come near to Me to serve as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will 32bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.
  14. Yet I will [h]appoint them [i]to 33keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that shall be done in it.
  15. ¶ “But the 34Levitical priests, the sons of 35Zadok, who 36kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel 37went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall 38stand before Me to offer Me the 39fat and the blood,” declares the Lord GOD.
  16. “They shall 40enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My 41table to minister to Me and keep My charge.
  17. It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with 42linen garments; and wool shall not [j]be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house.
  18. Linen 43turbans shall be on their heads and 44linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat.
  19. When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall 45put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will 46not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
  20. Also they shall 47not shave their heads, yet they shall not 48let their locks [k]grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.
  21. 49Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.
  22. And they shall not [l]marry a widow or a 50divorced woman but shall 51take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
  23. Moreover, they shall teach My people the 52difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  24. In a dispute 53they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My 54appointed feasts and 55sanctify My sabbaths.
  25. [m]56They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.
  26. After he is 57cleansed, seven days shall [n]elapse for him.
  27. On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the 58inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his 59sin offering,” declares the Lord GOD.
  28. ¶ “And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that 60I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel—I am their possession.
  29. They shall 61eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every [o]62devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
  30. The first of all the 63first fruits of every kind and every [p]contribution of every kind, from all your [q]contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the 64first of your [r]dough to cause a 65blessing to rest on your house.
  31. The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has 66died a natural death or has been torn to pieces.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit by his way
  2. ^ Lit set your heart on
  3. ^ Lit set your heart on
  4. ^ Lit rebellion
  5. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  6. ^ Lit as keepers of My charge in My
  7. ^ Lit lifted up My hand
  8. ^ Lit give
  9. ^ Lit keepers of the charge
  10. ^ Lit come upon
  11. ^ Or hang loose
  12. ^ Lit take as wives for themselves
  13. ^ Lit He
  14. ^ Lit be counted
  15. ^ Or dedicated
  16. ^ Or heave offering(s)
  17. ^ Or heave offering(s)
  18. ^ Or coarse meal

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eze 40:6, 17; 42:14
  2. ^ Eze 43:2-4
  3. ^ Eze 34:24; 37:25
  4. ^ Ge 31:54; Ex 24:9-11
  5. ^ Eze 46:2, 8-10
  6. ^ Eze 40:9
  7. ^ Eze 40:20, 40
  8. ^ Is 6:3, 4; Eze 1:28; 3:23; 43:4, 5; Hg 2:7
  9. ^ Eze 1:28; 43:3
  10. ^ De 32:46; Eze 40:4
  11. ^ De 12:32; Eze 43:10, 11
  12. ^ Eze 2:5-7; 3:9
  13. ^ Eze 45:9; 1Pe 4:3
  14. ^ Ex 12:43-49
  15. ^ Le 26:41; De 10:16; Je 4:4; 9:26
  16. ^ Le 22:25
  17. ^ Ge 17:14
  18. ^ Le 22:2; Nu 18:7
  19. ^ Eze 44:7; Jl 3:17; Zc 14:21
  20. ^ 2Ki 23:8, 9; Eze 22:26; 44:12
  21. ^ Nu 18:23
  22. ^ Nu 3:5-37; 4:1-33; 18:2-7
  23. ^ 1Ch 26:1-19
  24. ^ Eze 40:45; 44:14
  25. ^ 2Ch 29:34; 30:17
  26. ^ Nu 16:9
  27. ^ 2Ki 16:10-16
  28. ^ Eze 14:3, 4
  29. ^ Eze 20:15, 23
  30. ^ Eze 44:10
  31. ^ Nu 18:3
  32. ^ Eze 16:61, 63; 39:26
  33. ^ Nu 18:4; 1Ch 23:28-32; Eze 44:11
  34. ^ Je 33:18-22
  35. ^ Eze 40:46; 43:19; 48:11
  36. ^ Nu 18:7; Eze 40:45
  37. ^ Eze 44:10; 48:11
  38. ^ Zc 3:1, 7
  39. ^ Le 3:16, 17; 17:5, 6; Eze 44:7
  40. ^ Nu 18:5, 7, 8
  41. ^ Eze 41:22; Ml 1:7, 12
  42. ^ Ex 28:42, 43; 39:27-29; Re 19:8
  43. ^ Ex 28:40; Is 3:20; Eze 24:17, 23
  44. ^ Ex 28:42; Le 16:4
  45. ^ Le 6:10; 16:4, 23, 24; Eze 42:14
  46. ^ Le 6:27; Eze 46:20
  47. ^ Le 21:5
  48. ^ Nu 6:5
  49. ^ Le 10:9
  50. ^ Le 21:7, 14
  51. ^ Le 21:13
  52. ^ Le 10:10; Eze 22:26; Ho 4:6; Mc 3:9-11; Zp 3:4; Hg 2:11-13; Ml 2:6-8
  53. ^ De 17:8, 9; 19:17; 21:5; 1Ch 23:4; 2Ch 19:8-10
  54. ^ Le 23:2, 4, 44
  55. ^ Eze 20:12, 20
  56. ^ Le 21:1-4
  57. ^ Nu 19:13-19
  58. ^ Eze 44:17
  59. ^ Le 5:3, 6; Nu 6:9-11
  60. ^ Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 18:1, 2; Jos 13:33
  61. ^ Nu 18:9, 14; Jos 13:14
  62. ^ Le 27:21, 28; Nu 18:14
  63. ^ Nu 18:12, 13; 2Ch 31:4-6, 10; Ne 10:35-37
  64. ^ Nu 15:20, 21
  65. ^ Ml 3:10
  66. ^ Le 22:8; De 14:21; Eze 4:14

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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