1He took me back to the gate of the outer sanctuary facing east, and it was totally shut.

2The Lord was like, "This gate's staying shut, no cap. No one’s getting in here 'cause I rolled through it."

3This gate's for the prince; he’s gonna chill here and eat bread in front of the Lord, entering through the porch and dipping out the same way.

4Then he showed me the north gate by the house, and I peeped the glory of the Lord filling the house; I was straight up on my face.

5The Lord said to me, “Yo, Son of man, pay attention and see with your eyes, listen with your ears to everything I’m telling you about the house rules and how to roll in and out of the sanctuary.”

6Tell the rebellious ones, the house of Israel, "The Lord God says: enough of your wilding."

7You’ve brought in outsiders, all sus and uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to mess up my sanctuary when you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood. You’ve broken my covenant with all your wild behavior.

8You haven’t kept the charge of my holy things; instead, you’ve put your own keepers in charge for your own vibe.

9The Lord God says, “No outsider, uncircumcised in heart or flesh, is getting into my sanctuary, not any of those outsiders among Israel.”

10And the Levites who dipped out when Israel went off chasing idols; they’re gonna carry their guilt.

11They’re gonna be the vibe checkers in my sanctuary, holding it down at the gates and handling the offerings for the people, no cap.

12They were out here serving their idols, leading Israel into some sus stuff; so I’m like, “Bet,” and now they gotta deal with their own mess, says the Lord God.

13They can't roll up to me as priests or touch any of my holy stuff in the most holy place; they gotta own their shame and all the wrong they did.

14But I’ll have them as the keepers of the house, handling all the business and whatever goes down in there.

15The priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who stayed loyal when Israel was wilding out, they can come close to me to serve and bring the good stuff, says the Lord God.

16They’ll step into my sanctuary and roll up to my table to serve, keeping it 100 with my charge.

17When they walk through the gates of the inner court, they gotta be dripped in linen fits; no wool allowed while they’re on duty in the gates.

18They’ll rock linen bonnets on their heads and linen breeches on their waists; no sweating it out with anything else.

19When they step out to the outer court for the people, they’ll ditch their ministry fits, stash them in the holy rooms, and put on fresh gear; can’t bless the people with those old clothes.

20They can’t be shaving their heads or letting their hair get out of control; just keep it neat, fam.

21No priest is sippin' that wine when they step into the inner court, fr.

22They can't be wifin' up widows or those who got kicked to the curb; only maidens from Israel, or a widow who had a priest before, bet.

23They gotta teach my people what’s holy vs. what’s sus, and help them vibe check the clean from the unclean.

24When there’s drama, they’ll judge it right; they stick to my rules and keep it lit in all my meet-ups, and they’ll keep my sabbaths holy, periodt.

25They can’t mess with dead bodies to keep it clean, but for fam like dad, mom, son, daughter, bro, or sis who ain't married, they can, no cap.

26After they’re cleansed, they gotta chill for seven days, no rush.

27On the day they hit the sanctuary to serve, they need to drop their sin offering, says the Lord God, for real.

28This is their inheritance: I’m their inheritance; no land for them in Israel, I’m all they need, goated.

29They’ll chow down on the meat offering, sin offering, and all the dedicated stuff in Israel, that’s all theirs, no cap.

30The first of all the firstfruits and every kind of your offerings goes to the priest; also give him the first of your dough to keep the blessings flowing in your crib.

31The priests can’t munch on anything that’s like, dead on its own or ripped apart, whether it’s bird or beast.

1Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

2Then said the Lord unto 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 Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.

3It is for the prince; the prince, he 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.

4Then brought he 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.

5And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.

6And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

7In that ye 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 ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

8And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9Thus saith 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 Israel.

10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.

13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

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

17And 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, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.

19And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.

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

22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

25And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

27And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.

28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

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

30And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

31The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.