American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Then he brought me back[H7725] by the way[H1870] of the outer[H2435] gate[H8179] of the sanctuary[H4720], which looketh[H6437] toward the east[H6921]; and it was shut[H5462].

2. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto me[H8179], This gate shall be shut[H5462]; it shall not be opened[H6605], neither shall any man[H376] enter[H935] in by it[H3068]; for Jehovah, the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], hath entered[H935] in by it[H5462]; therefore it shall be shut.

3. As for the prince[H5387], he shall sit[H3427] therein as prince[H5387] to eat[H398] bread[H3899] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]; he shall enter[H935] by the way[H1870] of the porch[H197] of the gate[H8179], and shall go out[H3318] by the way of the same[H1870].

4. Then he brought[H935] me by the way[H1870] of the north[H6828] gate[H8179] before[H6440] the house[H1004]; and I looked[H7200], and[H3519], behold, the glory of Jehovah[H3068] filled[H4390] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]: and I fell[H5307] upon my face[H6440].

5. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto me[H1121], Son of man[H120], mark[H7760] well[H3820], and behold[H7200] with thine eyes[H5869], and hear[H8085] with thine ears[H241] all that I say[H1696] unto thee concerning all the ordinances[H2708] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and all the laws[H8451] thereof[H7760]; and mark well[H3820] the entrance[H3996] of the house[H1004], with every egress[H4161] of the sanctuary[H4720].

6. And thou shalt say[H559] to the rebellious[H4805], even to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]: O ye house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], let it suffice[H7227] you of all your abominations[H8441],

7. in that ye have brought[H935] in foreigners[H1121], uncircumcised[H6189] in heart[H3820] and uncircumcised[H6189] in flesh[H1320], to be in my sanctuary[H4720], to profane[H2490] it[H1004], even my house, when ye offer[H7126] my bread[H3899], the fat[H2459] and the blood[H1818], and they have broken[H6565] my covenant[H1285], to add[H413] unto all your abominations[H8441].

8. And ye have not kept[H8104] the charge[H4931] of my holy things[H6944]; but ye have set[H7760] keepers[H8104] of my charge[H4931] in my sanctuary for yourselves[H4720].

9. Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], No foreigner[H1121], uncircumcised[H6189] in heart[H3820] and uncircumcised[H6189] in flesh[H1320], shall enter[H935] into my sanctuary[H4720], of any foreigners that are among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].

10. But the Levites[H3881] that went far[H7368] from me[H3478], when Israel went astray[H8582], that went astray[H8582] from me after[H310] their idols[H1544], they shall bear[H5375] their iniquity[H5771].

11. Yet they shall be ministers[H8334] in my sanctuary[H4720], having oversight[H6486] at the gates[H8179] of the house[H1004], and ministering[H8334] in the house[H1004]: they shall slay[H7819] the burnt-offering[H5930] and the sacrifice[H2077] for the people[H5971], and they shall stand[H5975] before[H6440] them to minister unto them[H8334].

12. Because they ministered[H8334] unto them before[H6440] their idols[H1544], and became a stumblingblock[H4383] of iniquity[H5771] unto the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; therefore have I lifted up[H5375] my hand[H3027] against them[H5002], saith the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069], and they shall bear[H5375] their iniquity[H5771].

13. And they shall not come near[H5066] unto me[H3547], to execute the office of priest unto me[H5066], nor to come near to any of my holy things[H6944], unto the things that are most holy[H6944]; but they shall bear[H5375] their shame[H3639], and their abominations[H8441] which they have committed[H6213].

14. Yet will I make[H5414] them keepers[H8104] of the charge[H4931] of the house[H1004], for all the service[H5656] thereof[H6213], and for all that shall be done therein.

15. But the priests[H3548] the Levites[H3881], the sons[H1121] of Zadok[H6659], that kept[H8104] the charge[H4931] of my sanctuary[H4720] when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] went astray[H8582] from me[H7126], they shall come near to me to minister[H8334] unto me[H5975]; and they shall stand before[H6440] me to offer[H7126] unto me the fat[H2459] and the blood[H1818], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069]:

16. they shall enter[H935] into my sanctuary[H4720], and they shall come near[H7126] to my table[H7979], to minister[H8334] unto me[H8104], and they shall keep my charge[H4931].

17. And it shall be that[H935], when they enter in at the gates[H8179] of the inner[H6442] court[H2691], they shall be clothed[H3847] with linen[H6593] garments[H899]; and no wool[H6785] shall come[H5927] upon them[H8334], while they minister in the gates[H8179] of the inner[H6442] court[H2691], and within[H1004].

18. They shall have linen[H6593] tires[H6287] upon their heads[H7218], and shall have linen[H6593] breeches[H4370] upon their loins[H4975]; they shall not gird[H2296] themselves with anything that causeth sweat[H3154].

19. And when they go forth[H3318] into the outer[H2435] court[H2691], even into the outer[H2435] court[H2691] to the people[H5971], they shall put off[H6584] their garments[H899] wherein they minister[H8334], and lay[H3240] them in the holy[H6944] chambers[H3957]; and they shall put[H3847] on other[H312] garments[H899], that they sanctify[H6942] not the people[H5971] with their garments[H899].

20. Neither shall they shave[H1548] their heads[H7218], nor suffer their locks[H6545] to grow long[H7971]; they shall only[H3697] cut off the hair[H6545] of their heads[H7218].

21. Neither shall any of the priests[H3548] drink[H8354] wine[H3196], when they enter[H935] into the inner[H6442] court[H2691].

22. Neither shall they take[H3947] for their wives[H802] a widow[H490], nor her that is put away[H1644]; but they shall take[H3947] virgins[H1330] of the seed[H2233] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], or a widow[H490] that is the widow of a priest[H3548].

23. And they shall teach[H3384] my people[H5971] the difference between the holy[H6944] and the common[H2455], and cause them to discern[H3045] between the unclean[H2931] and the clean[H2889].

24. And in a controversy[H7379] they shall stand[H5975] to judge[H8199]; according to mine ordinances[H8199] shall they judge[H8199] it[H8104]: and they shall keep my laws[H8451] and my statutes[H2708] in all my appointed feasts[H4150]; and they shall hallow[H6942] my sabbaths[H7676].

25. And they shall go[H935] in to no dead[H4191] person[H120] to defile[H2930] themselves[H1]; but for father, or for mother[H517], or for son[H1121], or for daughter[H1323], for brother[H251], or for sister[H269] that hath had no husband[H376], they may defile themselves[H2930].

26. And after[H310] he is cleansed[H2893], they shall reckon[H5608] unto him seven[H7651] days[H3117].

27. And in the day[H3117] that he goeth[H935] into the sanctuary[H6944], into the inner[H6442] court[H2691], to minister[H8334] in the sanctuary[H6944], he shall offer[H7126] his sin-offering[H2403], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136] Jehovah[H3069].

28. And they shall have an inheritance[H5159]: I am their inheritance[H5159]; and ye shall give[H5414] them no possession[H272] in Israel[H3478]; I am their possession[H272].

29. They shall eat[H398] the meal-offering[H2403], and the sin-offering[H4503], and the trespass-offering[H817]; and every devoted thing[H2764] in Israel shall be theirs[H3478].

30. And the first[H7225] of all the first-fruits[H1061] of every thing[H8641], and every oblation of everything[H8641], of all your oblations, shall be for the priest[H3548]: ye shall also give[H5414] unto the priests[H3548] the first[H7225] of your dough[H6182], to cause a blessing[H1293] to rest[H5117] on thy house[H1004].

31. The priests[H3548] shall not eat[H398] of anything that dieth of itself[H5038], or is torn[H2966], whether it be bird[H5775] or beast[H929].