Ezekiel 44

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

And he causes me to turn back the way of the gate of the outer sanctuary that is looking eastward, and it is shut.

2 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

And YHWH says to me, “This gate is shut, it is not opened, and none go in by it, for YHWH, God of Israel, has come in by it, and it has been shut.

3 [obj] [the] leader leader he/she/it to dwell in/on/with him (to/for to eat *Q(K)*) 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

The prince, who [is] prince, he sits by it to eat bread before YHWH, he comes in by the way of the porch of the gate, and by its way he goes out.”

4 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

And he brings me in the way of the north gate to the front of the house, and I look, and behold, the glory of YHWH has filled the house of YHWH, and I fall on my face.

5 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 *Q(K)*) and to set: consider heart your to/for entrance [the] house: home in/on/with all exit [the] sanctuary

And YHWH says to me, “Son of man, set your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, all that I am speaking with you, all of the statutes of the house of YHWH, and all of its laws; and you have set your heart to the entrance of the house, with all the outlets of the sanctuary,

6 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

and have said to [the] rebellion, to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: Enough from you—of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

7 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

In your bringing in sons of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My sanctuary, to defile it, even My house, in your bringing near My bread, fat, and blood, and they break My covenant by all your abominations,

8 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

and you have not kept [the] charge of My holy things, and you set [others] for keeping My charge in My sanctuary for you.

9 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

Thus said Lord YHWH: No son of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, comes into My sanctuary, even any son of a stranger, who [is] in the midst of the sons of Israel.

10 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

And the Levites who have gone far off from Me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.

11 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

And they have been servants in My sanctuary, overseers at the gates of the house, and servants at the house; they slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they stand before them to serve them.

12 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

Because that they serve them before their idols, and have been for a stumbling-block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand against them—a declaration of Lord YHWH—and they have borne their iniquity.

13 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

And they do not draw near to Me to act as My priest, and to draw near to any of My holy things, to the Holy of Holies, and they have borne their shame and their abominations that they have done,

14 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

and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.

15 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

And the priests, the Levites, sons of Zadok, who have kept the charge of My sanctuary in the wandering of the sons of Israel from off Me, they draw near to Me to serve Me, and have stood before Me, to bring fat and blood near to Me—a declaration of Lord YHWH:

16 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

they come into My sanctuary, and they draw near to My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.

17 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]

And it has come to pass, in their going into the gates of the inner court, they put on linen garments; and no wool comes up on them in their ministering in the gates of the inner court and within.

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

Linen headdresses are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with sweat.

19 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

And in their going forth to the outer court—to the outer court to the people—they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.

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

And they do not shave their head, and they do not send forth the lock; they certainly trim their heads.

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

And no priest drinks wine in their coming into the inner court.

22 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

And they do not take a widow or divorced woman to themselves for wives, but they take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest.

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

And they direct My people between holy and common, and they cause them to discern between unclean and clean.

24 and upon strife they(masc.) to stand: stand (to/for justice: judgement *Q(K)*) in/on/with justice: judgement my (to judge him *Q(K)*) 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

And concerning controversy, they stand up for judgment; they judge it with My judgments; and they keep My law and My statutes in all My appointed places; and they sanctify My Sabbaths.

25 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

And he does not come near to any dead man to be defiled, but if for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who has not been to a man, they may defile themselves.

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

And after his cleansing, they number seven days to him.

27 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

And in the day of his coming into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he brings his sin-offering near—a declaration of Lord YHWH.

28 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

And it has been for an inheritance to them; I [am] their inheritance, and you do not give a possession to them in Israel; I [am] their possession.

29 [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

The present, and the sin-offering, and the guilt-offering, they eat, and every devoted thing in Israel is theirs.

30 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

And the first of all the first-fruits of all, and every raised-offering of all, of all your raised-offerings, are the priests’; and you give the first of your dough to the priest, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

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

The priests do not eat any carcass or torn thing, from the bird or from the beast.”