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Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 47:10 NLT
Fishermen will stand along the shores of the Dead Sea. All the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim, the shores will be covered with nets drying in the sun. Fish of every kind will fill the Dead Sea, just as they fill the Mediterranean.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 47:9 NLT
There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 46:17 NLT
But if the prince gives a gift of land from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year. At that time the land will return to the prince. But when the prince gives gifts to his sons, those gifts will be permanent.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 46:3 NLT
The common people will bow down and worship the LORD in front of this gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 45:25 NLT
“During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn, the prince will provide these same sacrifices for the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain offering, along with the required olive oil.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 45:21 NLT
“On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 45:7 NLT
“Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince’s lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:29-31 NLT
Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Whatever anyone sets apart for the LORD will belong to the priests. The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the LORD will go to the priests. The first batch of dough must also be given to the priests so the LORD will bless your homes. The priests may not eat meat from any bird or animal that dies a natural death or that dies after being attacked by another animal.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:28 NLT
“The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:25 NLT
“A priest must not defile himself by being in the presence of a dead person unless it is his father, mother, child, brother, or unmarried sister. In such cases it is permitted.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:20-24 NLT
“They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow too long. Instead, they must trim it regularly. The priests must not drink wine before entering the inner courtyard. They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women. They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean. “They will serve as judges to resolve any disagreements among my people. Their decisions must be based on my regulations. And the priests themselves must obey my instructions and decrees at all the sacred festivals, and see to it that the Sabbaths are set apart as holy days.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:19 NLT
When they return to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off the clothes they wear while ministering to me. They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not endanger anyone by transmitting holiness to them through this clothing.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:18 NLT
They must wear linen turbans and linen undergarments. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:17 NLT
“When they enter the gateway to the inner courtyard, they must wear only linen clothing. They must wear no wool while on duty in the inner courtyard or in the Temple itself.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:12 NLT
But they encouraged my people to worship idols, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have taken a solemn oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:10 NLT
And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me when Israel strayed away from me to worship idols must bear the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:4 NLT
Then the man brought me through the north gateway to the front of the Temple. I looked and saw that the glory of the LORD filled the Temple of the LORD, and I fell face down on the ground.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:3 NLT
Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the LORD’s presence. But he may come and go only through the entry room of the gateway.”
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 44:1-2 NLT
Then the man brought me back to the east gateway in the outer wall of the Temple area, but it was closed. And the LORD said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut.
Jun 1
Storyteller7777
highlighted Ezekiel 43:11 NLT
and they will be ashamed of what they have done. Describe to them all the specifications of the Temple—including its entrances and exits—and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them.
Jun 1