diff --git a/26-EZK.usfm b/26-EZK.usfm index 902cba7e..75baeb9d 100644 --- a/26-EZK.usfm +++ b/26-EZK.usfm @@ -2914,21 +2914,21 @@ \s5 \v 3 What I saw in this vision was like what I had seen in my earlier visions, first by the Kebar Canal and later when God came to destroy Jerusalem. I prostrated myself on the ground. \v 4 The glory of Yahweh entered the temple through the east entrance, -\v 5 and then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, while the glory of Yahweh filled the temple. +\v 5 and then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard while the glory of Yahweh filled the temple. \s5 \p \v 6 Then, while the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speak to me from inside the temple. -\v 7 He said, "Son of man, this is my temple, the place where I sit on my throne and where I rest my feet. This is where I will live with the Israelite people forever. The Israelite people and their kings will never again disgrace me by worshiping other gods at their hilltop places of idol worship, or by building lifeless idols of their past kings. -\v 8 Your people placed their altars near mine, and the doorposts of their temples were next to the doorposts of my temple. There was only a wall between them. And they disgraced me by the detestable things that they did. So I was angry and destroyed them. +\v 7 He said, "Son of man, this is my temple, the place where I sit on my throne and where I rest my feet. This is where I will live with the Israelite people forever. The Israelite people and their kings will never again disgrace me by worshiping other gods at their hilltop places of idol worship or by building lifeless idols of their past kings. +\v 8 Your people placed their altars near mine, and the doorposts of their temples were next to the doorposts of my temple. There was only a wall between them. And they disgraced me by the detestable things they did. So I was angry and destroyed them. \s5 \v 9 Now they must stop this disgusting worship of idols and these rituals to honor kings' idols. If they stop doing those things, I will live among them forever. \s5 \p -\v 10 Son of man, describe to the Israelite people what this temple that I have shown you in a vision is like, in order that they will be ashamed of the sins. -\v 11 If they are ashamed of all the evil things that they have done, tell them all about the temple that I showed you: Its design, the exits and entrances, and everything else about it. And tell them all my laws and regulations about worshiping me there. Write all these things down while they watch you, in order that they will be able to faithfully obey them. +\v 10 Son of man, describe to the Israelite people what this temple that I have shown you in a vision is like so that they will be ashamed of their sins. +\v 11 If they are ashamed of all the evil things that they have done, tell them all about the temple that I showed you—its design, the exits and entrances, and everything else about it. And tell them all of my laws and regulations about worshiping me there. Write all these things down while they watch you so that they will be able to faithfully obey them. \s5 \p @@ -2950,19 +2950,19 @@ \v 19 You must present to the priests a young bull to be an offering for the sins of the priests, the descendants of Levi, from the clan of Zadok, who come near to the altar to serve me. \s5 -\v 20 You must take some of the blood from the bull and smear it on the four projections of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge, and all around the rim, so I will accept the altar, and to make the altar belong only to me. +\v 20 You must take some of the blood from the bull and smear it on the four projections of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge and all around the rim so that I will accept the altar and to make the altar belong only to me. \v 21 You must burn that bull outside the temple in the part of the temple area designated for that purpose. \s5 \p -\v 22 The next day you must offer a male goat that has no defects, to be an offering, so I will accept the altar. Then you must purify the altar again, as you did with the bull that was sacrificed. +\v 22 The next day, you must offer a male goat that has no defects to be an offering so that I will accept the altar. Then you must purify the altar again, as you did with the bull that was sacrificed. \v 23 When you have finished doing all that, you must offer a young bull and a ram, both of them without any defects. \v 24 You must offer them to me, Yahweh. The priests must sprinkle salt on them and burn them completely on the altar as a sacrifice to me. \s5 \p -\v 25 Then, each day for seven days you must bring to the priest a male goat to be sacrificed for an offering, so I will accept the altar. You must also sacrifice a young bull and a ram, each without any defect, that the priests will provide. -\v 26 For seven days the priests will consecrate the altar, so I will accept the altar. By doing that they will set it apart for my honor. +\v 25 Then each day for seven days, you must bring to the priest a male goat to be sacrificed for an offering so that I will accept the altar. You must also sacrifice a young bull and a ram, each without any defect, that the priests will provide. +\v 26 For seven days, the priests will consecrate the altar so that I will accept the altar. By doing that, they will set it apart for my honor. \v 27 At the end of those seven days, starting on the following day, the priests will continue to put on the altar offerings to be completely burned and offerings to promise friendship with me. Then I will accept you. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare." \s5 @@ -2984,17 +2984,17 @@ \s5 \v 8 Instead of doing what I commanded you to do in regard to my holy things, you appointed foreigners to be in charge of my temple. -\v 9 But this is what I, Yahweh, have said: No foreigners, no men who are not circumcised, no godless people are permitted to enter my temple, not even foreigners who live among you Israelites permanently. +\v 9 But this is what I, Yahweh, have said: No foreigners—men who are not circumcised, godless people—are permitted to enter my temple, not even foreigners who live among you Israelites permanently. \s5 \p -\v 10 Many of the descendants of Levi deserted me along with most of the Israelite people, and started to worship idols. I will punish them for their sin. -\v 11 I will permit them to work in my temple and to be in charge of the temple gates. They will be able to slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and to burn other sacrifices for the people, and they will be able to help the people. +\v 10 Many of the descendants of Levi deserted me along with most of the Israelite people and started to worship idols. I will punish them for their sin. +\v 11 I will permit them to work in my temple and to be in charge of the temple gates. They will be able to slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar and to burn other sacrifices for the people, and they will be able to help the people. \v 12 But because they helped the people to worship idols and caused many of the people of Israel to sin by worshiping idols, I swear that I will punish them for their sin. \s5 \v 13 They must not come near me to serve as priests. They must not come near any sacred things or the holy offerings. They will be ashamed of the things that they did, of which they are guilty. -\v 14 But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple, and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there. +\v 14 But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there. \s5 \p @@ -3007,24 +3007,24 @@ \v 18 They must wear white linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire. \s5 -\v 19 Before they go out into the courtyard where other people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, in order that the people are not consecrated by touching the sacred clothes. +\v 19 Before they go out into the courtyard where other people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so that the people are not consecrated by touching the sacred clothes. \s5 \p -\v 20 The priests must not shave their heads or let their hair become long; but they must keep their hair trimmed. +\v 20 The priests must not shave their heads or let their hair become long; they must keep their hair trimmed. \v 21 Priests must not drink wine before they enter the inner courtyard. \v 22 Also, priests must not marry widows of men who were not priests or women who have been divorced. They are permitted to marry only virgins or widows of other priests. \s5 -\v 23 They must teach the people the difference between things that are holy and things that are not, and teach them how to know what things are acceptable to me and what things are not. +\v 23 They must teach the people the difference between things that are holy and things that are not and teach them how to know what things are acceptable to me and what things are not. \p -\v 24 If there is a dispute between people, the priests are the ones who must serve as judges and decide matters according to my laws. They must obey all my laws and decrees concerning the sacred festivals, and they must treat my Sabbath days as special for me. +\v 24 If there is a dispute between people, the priests are the ones who must serve as judges and decide matters according to my laws. They must obey all of my laws and decrees concerning the sacred festivals, and they must treat my Sabbath days as special for me. \s5 \p -\v 25 Priests are permitted to go near the corpse of a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or unmarried sister. But they must not defile themselves by going near a corpse of anyone else. -\v 26 If a priest touches the corpse of a close relative, he must perform the rituals to become acceptable to serve me again. After he performs those rituals, he must wait seven days. -\v 27 Then, on the day that he enters the inner courtyard again to serve me in the temple, he must give an offering to remove his guilt for having sinned. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. +\v 25 Priests are permitted to go near the dead body of a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or unmarried sister. But they must not defile themselves by going near a dead body of anyone else. +\v 26 If a priest touches the dead body of a close relative, he must perform the rituals to become acceptable to serve me again. After he performs those rituals, he must wait seven days. +\v 27 Then, on the day he enters the inner courtyard again to serve me in the temple, he must give an offering to remove his guilt for having sinned. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. \s5 \p @@ -3032,41 +3032,41 @@ \v 29 They will eat the offerings made from flour, offerings to remove people's guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to me the things that they are required to give. Everything else in Israel that is dedicated to me will belong to the priests. \s5 -\v 30 The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the other special gifts will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your ground flour, in order that I will bless the people who live in your house. +\v 30 The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the other special gifts will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your ground flour so that I will bless the people who live in your house. \v 31 Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that is found dead or that has been killed by wild animals. \s5 \c 45 \p \v 1 When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must present to Yahweh one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be thirteen kilometers long and five and four-tenths kilometers wide. This entire area will be reserved for Yahweh. -\v 2 Part of that area, a square about 270 meters long on each side will be left empty all around the temple area. An additional strip of ground, about twenty-seven meters wide, will be left empty all around the temple area. +\v 2 Part of that area, a square about 270 meters long on each side, will be left empty all around the temple area. An additional strip of ground, about twenty-seven meters wide, will be left empty all around the temple area. \s5 \v 3 Inside the sacred district, measure a section thirteen kilometers long and five and four-tenths kilometers wide. It will be where the sanctuary is, and that is the most holy place. -\v 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple, those who come near to Yahweh to serve him. It will be a place very special for Yahweh, for the priests' houses, as well as for the temple. +\v 4 It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple, those who come near to Yahweh to serve him. It will be a place very special for Yahweh, for the priests' houses as well as for the temple. \v 5 An area thirteen kilometers long and five and two-fifths kilometers wide will be for the descendants of Levi who work in the temple. That area will belong to them, and they can build towns there to live in. \s5 \p \v 6 Alongside this sacred area will be a section of land that is thirteen kilometers long and two and seven-tenths kilometers wide. It will be for a city where anyone in Israel may live. \p -\v 7 The ruler of Israel will have the land that is on each side of the area formed by the temple district and the city. It will extend to the west from the western end of those areas, and to the east from the eastern end of those areas. The far eastern and far western borders of the king's land will measure the same as the parallel borders of those other tracts. +\v 7 The ruler of Israel will have the land that is on each side of the area formed by the temple district and the city. It will extend to the west from the western end of those areas and to the east from the eastern end of those areas. The far eastern and far western borders of the king's land will measure the same as the parallel borders of those other tracts. \s5 \v 8 This portion of land will belong to the ruler. So the rulers will no longer have any excuse for oppressing my people and stealing their land. They will assign the remaining parts of the land in Israel to each tribe, to be divided up among the people. \s5 \p -\v 9 This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You rulers of Israel must stop acting violently and oppressing the people! You must do what is fair and right. Stop taking land from the people; stop forcing them off their land! +\v 9 This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You rulers of Israel must stop acting violently and oppressing the people! You must do what is fair and right. Stop taking land from the people; stop forcing them off of their land! \v 10 Also, you must use accurate scales and accurate containers for measuring things. -\v 11 The baskets for measuring dry things and the containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold 22 liters—the dry measure was called an ephah and the liquid measure was called a bath. +\v 11 The baskets for measuring dry things and the containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold twenty-two liters—the dry measure was called an ephah and the liquid measure was called a bath. \v 12 When you weigh things, you must use weights that everyone accepts as being correct. The shekel is to be divided into twenty gerahs, and a mina will be worth sixty shekels. \s5 \p \v 13 You must present to the ruler one measure of wheat or barley for every sixty measures that you harvest. \v 14 You must give him two and one-fifth liters of olive oil for every 220 liters that you produce. -\v 15 Also, Yahweh declares that you must take one sheep or goat from every two hundred in your flocks in the lush pastures of Israel. You must offer a sheep or a goat for various offerings: Burnt offerings and offerings to promise friendship with Yahweh, offerings to atone for the people's sins. "This is the Lord Yahweh's command." +\v 15 Also, Yahweh declares that you must take one sheep or goat from every two hundred in your flocks in the lush pastures of Israel. You must offer a sheep or a goat for various offerings: flour offerings, burnt offerings, and offerings to promise friendship with Yahweh—offerings to atone for the people's sins. "This is the Lord Yahweh's command." \s5 \v 16 All the people in the land must join in bringing these offerings to the ruler of Israel. @@ -3074,9 +3074,9 @@ \s5 \p -\v 18 This is also what the Lord Yahweh declares: "On the first day of the first month of each year you must take one young bull that has no defects and sacrifice it to purify the temple. +\v 18 This is also what the Lord Yahweh declares: "On the first day of the first month of each year, you must take one young bull that has no defects and sacrifice it to purify the temple. \v 19 The priest must take some of the blood of the offering to atone for the people's sins, and he must smear it on the temple doorposts, on the four corners of the upper ledge surrounding the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner courtyard. -\v 20 You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin accidentally or without knowing that they sinned. By doing that you will purify the temple. +\v 20 You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin accidentally or without knowing that they sinned. By doing that, you will purify the temple. \s5 \p @@ -3084,7 +3084,7 @@ \v 22 On the first day, the ruler must provide a bull as an offering for himself and for the other people of the country. \s5 -\v 23 And every day during those seven days he must provide seven bulls and seven rams that have no defects, to be an offering to make it possible for Yahweh to accept the people. +\v 23 And every day during those seven days, he must provide seven bulls and seven rams that have no defects to be an offering to make it possible for Yahweh to accept the people. \v 24 He must also provide twenty-two liters of flour as an offering with each bull, and the same amount of flour with each ram, and also four liters of olive oil with each offering of flour. \s5 @@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ \s5 \v 3 On the Sabbath days and on the days when there is a new moon, the people also must worship me at the entrance of this gate. \v 4 The offering that the ruler brings to be completely burned on the Sabbath day must be six male lambs and one ram, all with no defects. -\v 5 The offering that he gives with the ram is twenty-two liters of flour, and the flour that he offers with the lambs should be as much as he pleases, along with one liter of olive oil for every twenty-two liters of flour . +\v 5 The offering that he gives with the ram is twenty-two liters of flour, and the flour that he offers with the lambs should be as much as he pleases, along with one liter of olive oil for every twenty-two liters of flour. \s5 \v 6 Then each day that there is a new moon, he must offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all with no defects.