1Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looks toward the east; and it was shut.

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Ezekiel 43:1, Ezekiel 43:1, Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 42:14, Ezekiel 40:17

2The Lord said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

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Exodus 24:10, Ezekiel 43:2, Ezekiel 43:4, Exodus 24:10, Ezekiel 43:2

3As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same."

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Ezekiel 46:2, Ezekiel 46:2, 1 Corinthians 10:18, 1 Corinthians 10:33, Ezekiel 34:24

4Then he brought me by 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 on my face.

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Ezekiel 1:28, Ezekiel 1:28, Ezekiel 3:23, Revelation 1:17, Ezekiel 3:23

5The Lord 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 the house of the Lord, and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.

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Ezekiel 40:4, Ezekiel 40:4, Ezekiel 43:10, Ezekiel 43:11, Ezekiel 43:10

6You shall tell the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

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1 Peter 4:3, Ezekiel 45:9, Ezekiel 3:9, 1 Peter 4:3, Ezekiel 45:9

7in 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.

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Leviticus 22:25, Leviticus 22:25, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 9:26, Jeremiah 4:4

8You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.'

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1 Timothy 6:13, Acts 7:53, Ezekiel 44:16, Ezekiel 44:14, Ezekiel 40:45

9"Thus says the Lord God, 'No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

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Joel 3:17, Joel 3:17, Zechariah 14:21, Ezekiel 44:7, Zechariah 14:21

10But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

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Ezekiel 22:26, Ezekiel 48:11, Ezekiel 22:26, Ezekiel 48:11, 1 Timothy 5:22

11Yet 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.

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Numbers 16:9, Numbers 16:9, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 1 Chronicles 26:1

12Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.

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Psalms 106:26, 2 Kings 16:10, 2 Kings 16:16, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:4

13They 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 shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

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Numbers 18:3, Numbers 18:3, 2 Kings 23:9, 2 Kings 23:9, Ezekiel 32:20

14Yet will I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein.

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Numbers 18:4, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32, Numbers 18:4, 1 Chronicles 23:28

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, 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:

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Deuteronomy 10:8, Ezekiel 48:11, Deuteronomy 10:8, Ezekiel 48:11, Ezekiel 43:19

16they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

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Ezekiel 41:22, Ezekiel 41:22, Malachi 1:12, Malachi 1:7, Numbers 18:7

17"'It shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

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Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:8, Exodus 28:43, Exodus 39:27, Exodus 39:29

18They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their waists; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

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Exodus 39:28, 1 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 11:10, 1 Corinthians 14:40, Isaiah 3:20

19When they go forth 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; and they shall put on other garments, that they not sanctify the people with their garments.

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Ezekiel 46:20, Leviticus 6:27, Ezekiel 46:20, Leviticus 6:27, Leviticus 6:10

20"'Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

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Numbers 6:5, Deuteronomy 14:1, Leviticus 21:5, Leviticus 21:24, 1 Corinthians 11:14

21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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Leviticus 10:9, Leviticus 10:9, 1 Timothy 3:8, Luke 1:15, Titus 1:7

22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:13, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 21:13

23They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

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Ezekiel 22:26, Ezekiel 22:26, Leviticus 10:10, Leviticus 10:11, Leviticus 10:10

24"'In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.

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1 Chronicles 23:4, 1 Chronicles 23:4, Ezekiel 22:26, 2 Chronicles 19:8, 2 Chronicles 19:10

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.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 2 Corinthians 5:16, Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:6

26After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

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Numbers 6:10, Numbers 6:21, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:14, Numbers 19:11

27In 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.

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Numbers 6:9, Numbers 6:11, Numbers 6:9, Numbers 6:11, Leviticus 8:14

28"'They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

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Joshua 13:33, Numbers 18:20, Joshua 13:33, Numbers 18:20, Deuteronomy 10:9

29They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

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Numbers 18:14, Numbers 18:14, Leviticus 27:21, Leviticus 27:21, Leviticus 27:28

30The 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.

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Nehemiah 10:35, Nehemiah 10:37, Nehemiah 10:35, Nehemiah 10:37, Numbers 15:19

31The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or animal.

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Leviticus 22:8, Leviticus 22:8, Exodus 22:31, Exodus 22:31, Deuteronomy 14:21