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Ezekiel 43

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1 και-C αγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS επι-P ο- A--ASF πυλη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF βλεπω-V1--PAPASF κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS

2 και-C ιδου-I δοξα-N1S-NSF θεος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM αρχω-V1I-IMI3S κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF βλεπω-V1--PAPGSF προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF και-C φωνη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSF παρεμβολη-N1--GSF ως-C φωνη-N1--NSF διπλασιαζω-V1--PAPGPN πολυς-A1--GPN και-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εκλαμπω-V1I-IAI3S ως-C φεγγος-N3E-NSN απο-P ο- A--GSF δοξα-N1S-GSF κυκλοθεν-D

3 και-C ο- A--NSF ορασις-N3I-NSF ος- --ASF οραω-VBI-AAI1S κατα-P ο- A--ASF ορασις-N3I-ASF ος- --ASF οραω-VBI-AAI1S οτε-D ειςπορευομαι-V1I-IMI1S ο- A--GSN χριω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF και-C ο- A--NSF ορασις-N3I-NSF ο- A--GSN αρμα-N3M-GSN ος- --GSN οραω-VBI-AAI1S κατα-P ο- A--ASF ορασις-N3I-ASF ος- --ASF οραω-VBI-AAI1S επι-P ο- A--GSM ποταμος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM *χοβαρ-N---GS και-C πιπτω-V1--PAI1S επι-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS

4 και-C δοξα-N1S-NSF κυριος-N2--GSM ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM κατα-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF πυλη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSF βλεπω-V1--PAPGSF κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF

5 και-C αναλαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS πνευμα-N3M-NSN και-C ειςαγω-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS εις-P ο- A--ASF αυλη-N1--ASF ο- A--ASF εσωτερος-A1A-ASF και-C ιδου-I πληρης-A3H-NSM δοξα-N1S-GSF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--NSM οικος-N2--NSM

6 και-C ιστημι-VHI-AAI1S και-C ιδου-I φωνη-N1--NSF εκ-P ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM προς-P εγω- P--AS και-C ο- A--NSM ανηρ-N3--NSM ιστημι-VXI-YAI3S εχω-V1--PMPNSM εγω- P--GS

7 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS οραω-VX--XAI2S υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSM θρονος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS και-C ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN ιχνος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GPM πους-N3D-GPM εγω- P--GS εν-P ος- --DPM κατασκηνοω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN εγω- P--GS εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM οικος-N2--GSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM και-C ου-D βεβηλοω-VF--FAI3P ουκετι-D οικος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εγω- P--GS αυτος- D--NPM και-C ο- A--NPM ηγεομαι-V2--PMPNPM αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DSF πορνεια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPM φονος-N2--DPM ο- A--GPM ηγεομαι-V2--PMPGPM εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM αυτος- D--GPM

8 εν-P ο- A--DSN τιθημι-V7--PAN αυτος- D--APM ο- A--ASN προθυρον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS εν-P ο- A--DPN προθυρον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APF φλια-N1A-APF εγω- P--GS εχω-V1--PMPAPF ο- A--GPF φλια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASM τοιχος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS ως-C συνεχω-V1--PMPASM εγω- P--GS και-C αυτος- D--GPM και-C βεβηλοω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--ASN αγιος-A1A-ASN εγω- P--GS εν-P ο- A--DPF ανομια-N1A-DPF αυτος- D--GPM ος- --DPF ποιεω-V2I-IAI3P και-C εκτριβω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--APM εν-P θυμος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS και-C εν-P φονος-N2--DSM

9 και-C νυν-D αποωθεω-VA--AMD3P ο- A--ASF πορνεια-N1A-ASF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APM φονος-N2--APM ο- A--GPM ηγεομαι-V2--PMPGPM αυτος- D--GPM απο-P εγω- P--GS και-C κατασκηνοω-VF--FAI1S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--ASM αιων-N3W-ASM

10 και-C συ- P--NS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM δεικνυω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM και-C κοπαζω-VF--FAI3P απο-P ο- A--GPF αμαρτια-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--ASF ορασις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--ASF διαταξις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GSM

11 και-C αυτος- D--NPM λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASF κολασις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GPM περι-P πας-A3--GPM ος- --GPM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P και-C διαγραφω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASM οικος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--APF εξοδος-N2--APF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--ASF υποστασις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--GSM και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN αυτος- D--GSM και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN νομιμος-A1--APN αυτος- D--GSM γνωριζω-VF2-FAI2S αυτος- D--DPM και-C διαγραφω-VF--FAI2S εναντιον-P αυτος- D--GPM και-C φυλασσω-VF--FMI3P πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN δικαιωμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN προσταγμα-N3M-APN εγω- P--GS και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APN

12 και-C ο- A--ASF διαγραφη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM επι-P ο- A--GSF κορυφη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN ορος-N3E-GSN πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSM κυκλοθεν-D αγιος-A1A-APN αγιος-A1A-GPN

13 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN μετρον-N2N-NPN ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN εν-P πηχυς-N3U-DSM ο- A--GSM πηχυς-N3U-GSM και-C παλαιστη-N1--GSF κολπωμα-N3M-NSN βαθος-N3E-NSN επι-P πηχυς-N3U-ASM και-C πηχυς-N3U-NSM ο- A--NSN ευρος-N3E-NSN και-C γεισος-N3E-NSN επι-P ο- A--ASN χειλος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GSM κυκλοθεν-D σπιθαμη-N1--GSF και-C ουτος- D--NSN ο- A--NSN υψος-N3E-NSN ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN

14 εκ-P βαθος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSF αρχη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN κοιλωμα-N3M-GSN αυτος- D--GSM προς-P ο- A--ASN ιλαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN ο- A--ASN υποκατωθεν-D πηχυς-N3V-DPM δυο-M και-C ο- A--ASN ευρος-N3E-ASN πηχυς-N3U-GSM και-C απο-P ο- A--GSN ιλαστηριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN μικρος-A1A-GSN επι-P ο- A--ASN ιλαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN πηχυς-N3U-NPM τεσσαρες-A3--NPM και-C ευρος-N3E-NSN πηχυς-N3U-NSN

15 και-C ο- A--ASN αριηλ-N---ASN πηχυς-N3V-DPM τεσσαρες-A3--GPM και-C απο-P ο- A--GSN αριηλ-N---GSN και-C υπερανω-D ο- A--GPN κερας-N3T-GPN πηχυς-N3U-NSM

16 και-C ο- A--ASN αριηλ-N---ASN πηχυς-N3V-DPM δωδεκα-M μηκος-N3E-GSN επι-P πηχυς-N3U-APM δωδεκα-M πλατος-N3E-GSN τετραγωνος-A1B-ASM επι-P ο- A--APN τεσσαρες-A3--APN μερος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GSM

17 και-C ο- A--ASN ιλαστηριον-N2N-ASN πηχυς-N3V-DPM δεκα-M τεσσαρες-A3--GPM ο- A--ASN μηκος-N3E-ASN επι-P πηχυς-N3U-APM δεκα-M τεσσαρες-A3--APM ο- A--ASN ευρος-N3E-ASN επι-P τεσσαρες-A3--ASM μερος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--ASN γεισος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--DSM κυκλοθεν-D κυκλοω-V4--PMPASN αυτος- D--DSM ημισυς-A3U-ASN πηχυς-N3U-GSM και-C ο- A--ASN κυκλωμα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM πηχυς-N3U-NSM κυκλοθεν-D και-C ο- A--NPM κλιμακτηρ-N3H-NPM αυτος- D--GSM βλεπω-V1--PAPNPM κατα-P ανατολη-N1--APF

18 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P εγω- P--AS υιος-N2--VSM ανθρωπος-N2--GSM οδε- D--APN λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN προσταγμα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN εν-P ημερα-N1A-DSF ποιησις-N3I-GSF αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSN αναφερω-V1--PAN επι-P αυτος- D--GSM ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN και-C προςχεω-V1--PAN προς-P αυτος- D--ASN αιμα-N3M-ASN

19 και-C διδωμι-VF--FAI2S ο- A--DPM ιερευς-N3V-DPM ο- A--DPM *λευιτης-N1M-DPM ο- A--DPM εκ-P ο- A--GSN σπερμα-N3M-GSN *σαδδουκ-N---GSM ο- A--DPM εγγιζω-V1--PAPDPM προς-P εγω- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSN λειτουργεω-V2--PAN εγω- P--DS μοσχος-N2--ASM εκ-P βους-N3--GPM περι-P αμαρτια-N1A-GSF

20 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P εκ-P ο- A--GSN αιμα-N3M-GSN αυτος- D--GSM και-C επιτιθημι-VF--FAI3P επι-P ο- A--APN τεσσαρες-A3--APN κερας-N3T-APN ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN και-C επι-P ο- A--APF τεσσαρες-A3--APF γωνια-N1A-APF ο- A--GSN ιλαστηριον-N2N-GSN και-C επι-P ο- A--ASF βασις-N3I-ASF κυκλος-N2--DSM και-C εκιλασκομαι-VF--FMI3P αυτος- D--ASN

21 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASM μοσχος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM περι-P αμαρτια-N1A-GSF και-C κατακαιω-VC--FPI3S εν-P ο- A--DSM αποχωριζω-VT--XMPDSM ο- A--GSM οικος-N2--GSM εξωθεν-D ο- A--GPM αγιος-A1A-GPM

22 και-C ο- A--DSF ημερα-N1A-DSF ο- A--DSF δευτερος-A1A-DSF λαμβανω-VF--FMI3P εριφος-N2--APM δυο-M αιξ-N3G-GPM αμωμος-A1B-APM υπερ-P αμαρτια-N1A-APF και-C εκιλασκομαι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN καθοτι-D εκιλασκομαι-VAI-AMI3P εν-P ο- A--DSM μοσχος-N2--DSM

23 και-C μετα-P ο- A--ASN συντελεω-VA--AAN συ- P--AS ο- A--ASM εξιλασμος-N2--ASM προςφερω-VF--FAI3P μοσχος-N2--ASM εκ-P βους-N3--GPM αμωμος-A1B-ASM και-C κριος-N2--ASM εκ-P προβατον-N2N-GPN αμωμος-A1B-ASM

24 και-C προςφερω-VF--FAI2P εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM και-C επιριπτω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--NPM ιερευς-N3V-NPM επι-P αυτος- D--APN αλς-N3--ASM και-C αναφερω-VF--FAI3P αυτος- D--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM

25 επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF ποιεω-VF--FAI2S εριφος-N2--ASM υπερ-P αμαρτια-N1A-APF κατα-P ημερα-N1A-ASF και-C μοσχος-N2--ASM εκ-P βους-N3--GPM και-C κριος-N2--ASM εκ-P προβατον-N2N-GPN αμωμος-A1B-APN ποιεω-VF--FAI3P

26 επτα-M ημερα-N1A-APF και-C εκιλασκομαι-VF--FMI3P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN και-C καθαριζω-VF2-FAI3P αυτος- D--ASN και-C πιμπλημι-VF--FAI3P χειρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM

27 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S απο-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSF ογδοος-A1--GSF και-C επεκεινα-D ποιεω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--NPM ιερευς-N3V-NPM επι-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN ο- A--GSN σωτηριον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GP και-C προςδεχομαι-VF--FMI1S συ- P--AP λεγω-V1--PAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

   

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Apocalypse Revealed #36

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36. I became in the spirit on the Lord's day. (1:10) This symbolizes a spiritual state then owing to Divine influx.

"I became in the spirit" means, symbolically, a spiritual state, the state in which John was while he was experiencing the visions, and which we will take up in the following exposition. "On the Lord's day" symbolizes influx from the Lord then, for that day brings the Lord's presence, as it is a holy day.

Concerning the prophets we read that they were in the spirit or in vision, and that the Word came to them from Jehovah.

When they were in the spirit or in vision, they were not in the body, but in their spirit, a state in which they saw phenomena such as are found in heaven. But when the Word came to them, they were then in the body and heard Jehovah speaking.

These two states of the prophets must be properly distinguished. In the state of vision the eyes of their spirit were open and the eyes of their body closed; and they heard then what angels said, and what Jehovah said through angels, and also saw representations produced for them in heaven. Moreover, they sometimes seemed to themselves to be taken then from place to place, their body remaining where it was.

[2] This was the state in which John was when he wrote the book of Revelation, and the state sometimes experienced by Ezekiel, Zechariah, and Daniel. They also said that they were then in vision or in the spirit. For Ezekiel says,

The Spirit lifted me up... and brought me back into Chaldea, to those in captivity, in a vision (of God), in the spirit of God. (Thus) went up from me the vision that I had seen. (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

He also says that the Spirit lifted him up, and he heard behind him an earthquake, and more (Ezekiel 3:12, 24). So, too, that the Spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, that it brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, and that he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3f.). He was likewise in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw the four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1; 10), as also when he saw a new earth and a new temple, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). That he was then in the visions of God, he himself says (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] The same was the case with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time, when he saw a man riding a horse among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.); when he saw the four horns, and then a man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.); when he saw Joshua the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.); when he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.); when he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6); when he saw the four chariots coming from between two mountains, and the horses (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in a like state when he saw the four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat between the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). He himself says that he saw these things in visions (Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8), and that the angel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

[4] The same was the case with John, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands (Revelation 1), and finally, the new heaven and the new earth, and then the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven (Revelation 21, 22. John himself says that he saw these things in the spirit and in vision (1:10; 4:2; 9:17; 21:10). This, too, is meant by the statement, "I saw," everywhere it occurs in this book.

[5] It is clearly apparent from this that to be in the spirit is to be in a state of vision, which is brought about by an opening of the sight of a person's spirit; and when this is opened, phenomena found in the spiritual world are as clearly visible as those in the natural world are to the sight of the body.

The reality of this is something I can attest to from many years' experience.

The disciples were in this state when they saw the Lord after His resurrection, which is why are told that their eyes were opened (Luke 24:30-31).

Abraham was in a like state when he saw the three angels and spoke with them. 1

So, too, Hagar, Gideon, Joshua and others, when they saw angels of Jehovah. Likewise when Elisha's lad saw the mountain full of fiery chariots and horses all around Elisha, for Elisha prayed and said,

"Jehovah, open, I pray, his eyes that he may see." And Jehovah opened the eyes of the lad, and he saw. (2 Kings 6:17)

As regards the Word, however, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or of vision, but the Lord dictated it to the prophets in an audible voice. Consequently we are nowhere told that the prophets spoke it from the Holy Spirit, but from Jehovah. See The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem Regarding the Lord, no. 53.

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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 44

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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, neither shall any man 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 therein as prince to eat bread before Yahweh; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and 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 the house of Yahweh, 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 to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: you house of Israel, let it suffice you 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 Thus says the Lord Yahweh, 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 shall 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 have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord Yahweh, and they shall 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 shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

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

15 But the priests the Levites, 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 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 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.

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

19 When 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.

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

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

22 Neither 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.

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; 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.

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 be bird or animal.