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. 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. 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."
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.
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. 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, 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. 8 You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves." 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
20 "‘"They shall not shave their heads, or allow their locks to grow long. They shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 21 None of the priests shall drink wine when they enter into the inner court. 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. 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.
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.
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. 26 After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days. 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.
28 "‘They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel. I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 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. 31 The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.
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。