1 The man took Ezekiel to the east gate of God’s house. The gate was shut. ♂️➡️ 2 God said, “This gate stays shut. No one may go in. I, the God of Israel, came in here, so it stays shut.” ✋✨ 3 Only the leader may sit by this gate to eat bread before God. He goes in and out by the side way. 4 The man took Ezekiel by the north gate to the front. God’s bright glory filled the house. Ezekiel fell on his face. ⬆️✨♂️ 5 God said, “Listen and look. Learn My rules for My house. Watch the doors and the ways in and out.” ↔️ 6 “Say to Israel: Stop your bad ways. Enough.” ✋❌ 7 “You let strangers who did not obey Me come in My house while you gave gifts with fat and blood. You broke My promise.” 8 “You did not care for My holy things. You let others do your job in My house.” ✨ 9 God said, “No stranger who does not obey Me in heart or body may come into My house.” ❤️ 10 “The helper men, the Levites, went far from Me. They ran to bad gods. They will carry their wrong.” ♂️➡️ 11 “They can help at the gates and do work in My house. They can cut the animals for gifts to God and help the people.” 12 “They served people at bad gods and made Israel sin. So they will bear the cost.” ➡️⚖️ 13 “They may not come near Me to do priest work. They may not touch My most holy things. They will be ashamed.” ✨ 14 “But they will watch My house and do all the work in it.” 15 “But priests from Zadok’s family kept My house when others ran away. They may come near Me and bring the fat and blood to Me.” ✅➡️✨ 16 “They may enter My house and stand by My table. They will serve Me and keep My rules.” ️ 17 “When they go in the inner yard, they must wear linen. No wool while they work there.” ➡️ 18 “They must wear linen hats and linen shorts. Do not wear things that make sweat.” 19 “When they go out to the people, they take off the holy clothes and leave them in the rooms. They put on other clothes, so the people do not touch the holy.” ➡️➡️✋✨ 20 “They must not shave all hair or let it be wild. Keep hair neat.” ✂️♂️ 21 “No priest may drink wine when he goes in the inner yard.” ➡️ 22 “A priest must not marry a woman sent away or with a husband before. He may marry a girl of Israel, or a priest’s widow.” ♀️✅♀️ 23 “They must teach the people what is holy and what is not. Show what is clean and not clean.” ✨↔️✨ 24 “In hard fights, they judge by My rules. They must keep My special days and keep My rest days holy.” ⚖️ 25 “A priest must not make himself not clean by a dead body, except for father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or a sister not married.” ☠️➡️ 26 “After that, he must get clean again and wait seven days.” ⏳7️⃣ 27 “On the day he goes back in to serve Me, he must bring a sin gift.” 28 “The priests’ share is Me. I am their gift. They will not get land. I am their part.” ❤️ 29 “They may eat the grain gifts, sin gifts, and guilt gifts. Things given to Me belong to them.” 30 “Give the first and best of your food to the priests. Give the first flour too. Then I will bless your house.” ➡️✨ 31 “Priests must not eat any bird or animal that died by itself or was torn.”