## Ezekiel Chapter 44

###### Ezekiel 44:1
[Ezekiel 44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:1)

וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֹתִ֗י דֶּ֣רֶךְ שַׁ֤עַר הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ הַחִיצ֔וֹן הַפֹּנֶ֖ה קָדִ֑ים וְה֖וּא סָגֽוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which looks towards the east; and it was shut.


###### Ezekiel 44:2
[Ezekiel 44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:2)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלַ֜י יְהֹוָ֗ה הַשַּׁ֣עַר הַזֶּה֩ סָג֨וּר יִֽהְיֶ֜ה לֹ֣א יִפָּתֵ֗חַ וְאִישׁ֙ לֹא־יָ֣בֹא ב֔וֹ כִּ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּ֣א ב֑וֹ וְהָיָ֖ה סָגֽוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the Lord said to me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el, has entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.


###### Ezekiel 44:3
[Ezekiel 44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:3)

אֶֽת־הַנָּשִׂ֗יא נָ֥שִׂיא ה֛וּא יֵשֶׁב־בּ֥וֹ (לאכול) [לֶאֱכׇל־]לֶ֖חֶם לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה מִדֶּ֨רֶךְ אוּלָ֤ם הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ יָב֔וֹא וּמִדַּרְכּ֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for the prince, he, being a prince, shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.


###### Ezekiel 44:4
[Ezekiel 44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:4)

וַיְבִיאֵ֜נִי דֶּרֶךְ־שַׁ֣עַר הַצָּפוֹן֮ אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י הַבַּ֒יִת֒ וָאֵ֕רֶא וְהִנֵּ֛ה מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה וָאֶפֹּ֖ל אֶל־פָּנָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then he brought me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.


###### Ezekiel 44:5
[Ezekiel 44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:5)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלַ֜י יְהֹוָ֗ה בֶּן־אָדָ֡ם שִׂ֣ים לִבְּךָ֩ וּרְאֵ֨ה בְעֵינֶ֜יךָ וּבְאׇזְנֶ֣יךָ שְּׁמָ֗ע אֵ֣ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר אֹתָ֔ךְ לְכׇל־חֻקּ֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֖ה וּלְכׇל־תּוֹרֹתָ֑ו וְשַׂמְתָּ֤ לִבְּךָ֙ לִמְב֣וֹא הַבַּ֔יִת בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹצָאֵ֥י הַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears all that I say to thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all its Torot; and mark well the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary.


###### Ezekiel 44:6
[Ezekiel 44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:6)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֶל־מֶ֙רִי֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה רַב־לָכֶ֛ם מִֽכׇּל־תּוֹעֲב֥וֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt say to the rebellious ones, to the house of Yisra᾽el, Thus says the Lord God; O house of Yisra᾽el, enough now of all your disgusting deeds,


###### Ezekiel 44:7
[Ezekiel 44:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:7)

בַּהֲבִיאֲכֶ֣ם בְּנֵי־נֵכָ֗ר עַרְלֵי־לֵב֙ וְעַרְלֵ֣י בָשָׂ֔ר לִהְי֥וֹת בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י לְחַלְּל֣וֹ אֶת־בֵּיתִ֑י בְּהַקְרִֽיבְכֶ֤ם אֶת־לַחְמִי֙ חֵ֣לֶב וָדָ֔ם וַיָּפֵ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֶ֖ל כׇּל־תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in that you have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your disgusting deeds;


###### Ezekiel 44:8
[Ezekiel 44:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:8)

וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת קׇדָשָׁ֑י וַתְּשִׂימ֗וּן לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧י מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛י בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י לָכֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and you have not kept the charge of my holy things: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary to please yourselves.


###### Ezekiel 44:9
[Ezekiel 44:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:9)

כֹּה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִה֒ כׇּל־בֶּן־נֵכָ֗ר עֶ֤רֶל לֵב֙ וְעֶ֣רֶל בָּשָׂ֔ר לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֑י לְכׇ֨ל־בֶּן־נֵכָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֕ר בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 44:10
[Ezekiel 44:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:10)

כִּ֣י אִם־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָחֲקוּ֙ מֵעָלַ֔י בִּתְע֤וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּע֣וּ מֵעָלַ֔י אַחֲרֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיהֶ֑ם וְנָשְׂא֖וּ עֲוֺנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Yisra᾽el went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity:


###### Ezekiel 44:11
[Ezekiel 44:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:11)

וְהָי֤וּ בְמִקְדָּשִׁי֙ מְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים פְּקֻדּוֹת֙ אֶל־שַׁעֲרֵ֣י הַבַּ֔יִת וּֽמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים אֶת־הַבָּ֑יִת הֵ֠מָּה יִשְׁחֲט֨וּ אֶת־הָעוֹלָ֤ה וְאֶת־הַזֶּ֙בַח֙ לָעָ֔ם וְהֵ֛מָּה יַעַמְד֥וּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְשָׁרְתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.


###### Ezekiel 44:12
[Ezekiel 44:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:12)

יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְשָׁרְת֤וּ אוֹתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י גִלּוּלֵיהֶ֔ם וְהָי֥וּ לְבֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל עָוֺ֑ן עַל־כֵּן֩ נָשָׂ֨אתִי יָדִ֜י עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה וְנָשְׂא֖וּ עֲוֺנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Yisra᾽el; therefore I have lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.


###### Ezekiel 44:13
[Ezekiel 44:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:13)

וְלֹֽא־יִגְּשׁ֤וּ אֵלַי֙ לְכַהֵ֣ן לִ֔י וְלָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ עַל־כׇּל־קׇ֣דָשַׁ֔י אֶל־קׇדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים וְנָֽשְׂאוּ֙ כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשֽׂוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall not come near to me, to do the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the most holy things: but they shall bear their shame, and their disgusting deeds which they have committed.


###### Ezekiel 44:14
[Ezekiel 44:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:14)

וְנָתַתִּ֣י אוֹתָ֔ם שֹׁמְרֵ֖י מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת הַבָּ֑יִת לְכֹל֙ עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ וּלְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה בּֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done in it.


###### Ezekiel 44:15
[Ezekiel 44:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:15)

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים הַלְוִיִּ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י צָד֗וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁמְר֜וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת מִקְדָּשִׁי֙ בִּתְע֤וֹת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י הֵ֛מָּה יִקְרְב֥וּ אֵלַ֖י לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִי וְעָמְד֣וּ לְפָנַ֗י לְהַקְרִ֥יב לִי֙ חֵ֣לֶב וָדָ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Żadoq, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Yisra᾽el went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God:


###### Ezekiel 44:16
[Ezekiel 44:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:16)

הֵ֜מָּה יָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֗י וְהֵ֛מָּה יִקְרְב֥וּ אֶל־שֻׁלְחָנִ֖י לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִי וְשָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.


###### Ezekiel 44:17
[Ezekiel 44:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:17)

וְהָיָ֗ה בְּבוֹאָם֙ אֶֽל־שַׁעֲרֵי֙ הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִימִ֔ית בִּגְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים יִלְבָּ֑שׁוּ וְלֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ צֶ֔מֶר בְּשָׁרְתָ֗ם בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִ֖ית וָבָֽיְתָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whilst they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.


###### Ezekiel 44:18
[Ezekiel 44:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:18)

פַּאֲרֵ֤י פִשְׁתִּים֙ יִהְי֣וּ עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔ם וּמִכְנְסֵ֣י פִשְׁתִּ֔ים יִֽהְי֖וּ עַל־מׇתְנֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א יַחְגְּר֖וּ בַּיָּֽזַע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall have linen turbans upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.


###### Ezekiel 44:19
[Ezekiel 44:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:19)

וּ֠בְצֵאתָ֠ם אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֨ר הַחִיצוֹנָ֜ה אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַחִיצוֹנָה֮ אֶל־הָעָם֒ יִפְשְׁט֣וּ אֶת־בִּגְדֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֙מָּה֙ מְשָׁרְתִ֣ם בָּ֔ם וְהִנִּ֥יחוּ אוֹתָ֖ם בְּלִֽשְׁכֹ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וְלָֽבְשׁוּ֙ בְּגָדִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְלֹא־יְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם בְּבִגְדֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; so as not to hallow the people with their garments.


###### Ezekiel 44:20
[Ezekiel 44:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:20)

וְרֹאשָׁם֙ לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ וּפֶ֖רַע לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ כָּס֥וֹם יִכְסְמ֖וּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nor shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; but they shall crop their heads.


###### Ezekiel 44:21
[Ezekiel 44:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:21)

וְיַ֥יִן לֹא־יִשְׁתּ֖וּ כׇּל־כֹּהֵ֑ן בְּבוֹאָ֖ם אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֥ר הַפְּנִימִֽית׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nor shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.


###### Ezekiel 44:22
[Ezekiel 44:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:22)

וְאַלְמָנָה֙ וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה לֹא־יִקְח֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְנָשִׁ֑ים כִּ֣י אִם־בְּתוּלֹ֗ת מִזֶּ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה מִכֹּהֵ֖ן יִקָּֽחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nor shall they take a widow, or a divorced woman for wives: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Yisra᾽el, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.


###### Ezekiel 44:23
[Ezekiel 44:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:23)

וְאֶת־עַמִּ֣י יוֹר֔וּ בֵּ֥ין קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְחֹ֑ל וּבֵין־טָמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר יוֹדִעֻֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.


###### Ezekiel 44:24
[Ezekiel 44:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:24)

וְעַל־רִ֗יב הֵ֚מָּה יַעַמְד֣וּ (לשפט) [לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט] בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י (ושפטהו) [יִשְׁפְּט֑וּהוּ] וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתַ֤י וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ בְּכׇל־מוֹעֲדַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֖י יְקַדֵּֽשׁוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And in a controversy they shall stand in judgment and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my Torot and my statutes in all my appointed times; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.


###### Ezekiel 44:25
[Ezekiel 44:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:25)

וְאֶל־מֵ֣ת אָדָ֔ם לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא לְטׇמְאָ֑ה כִּ֣י אִם־לְאָ֡ב וּ֠לְאֵ֠ם וּלְבֵ֨ן וּלְבַ֜ת לְאָ֗ח וּלְאָח֛וֹת אֲשֶֽׁר־לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה לְאִ֖ישׁ יִטַּמָּֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they shall come near no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.


###### Ezekiel 44:26
[Ezekiel 44:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:26)

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י טׇהֳרָת֑וֹ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים יִסְפְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.


###### Ezekiel 44:27
[Ezekiel 44:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:27)

וּבְיוֹם֩ בֹּא֨וֹ אֶל־הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֤ר הַפְּנִימִית֙ לְשָׁרֵ֣ת בַּקֹּ֔דֶשׁ יַקְרִ֖יב חַטָּאת֑וֹ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And 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 God.


###### Ezekiel 44:28
[Ezekiel 44:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:28)

וְהָיְתָ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְֽנַחֲלָ֔ה אֲנִ֖י נַחֲלָתָ֑ם וַאֲחֻזָּ֗ה לֹֽא־תִתְּנ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲנִ֖י אֲחֻזָּתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Yisra᾽el: I am their possession.


###### Ezekiel 44:29
[Ezekiel 44:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:29)

הַמִּנְחָה֙ וְהַחַטָּ֣את וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם הֵ֖מָּה יֹאכְל֑וּם וְכׇל־חֵ֥רֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָהֶ֥ם יִהְיֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering: and every devoted thing in Yisra᾽el shall be theirs.


###### Ezekiel 44:30
[Ezekiel 44:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:30)

וְרֵאשִׁית֩ כׇּל־בִּכּ֨וּרֵי כֹ֜ל וְכׇל־תְּר֣וּמַת כֹּ֗ל מִכֹּל֙ תְּרוּמ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יִהְיֶ֑ה וְרֵאשִׁ֤ית עֲרִסֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ תִּתְּנ֣וּ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן לְהָנִ֥יחַ בְּרָכָ֖ה אֶל־בֵּיתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every heave offering of all your heave offerings, shall belong to the priests: you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause a blessing to rest on thy house.


###### Ezekiel 44:31
[Ezekiel 44:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/44:31)

כׇּל־נְבֵלָה֙ וּטְרֵפָ֔ה מִן־הָע֖וֹף וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה לֹ֥א יֹאכְל֖וּ הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.