⁴ Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled his temple.^(A) And I fell facedown.^{(B) 5} The Lord said to me, “Son of man, pay attention;^(C) look with your eyes and listen with your ears to everything I tell you about all the statutes and laws of the Lord’s temple.^(D) Take careful note of the entrance of the temple along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

The Levites’ Duties and Privileges

⁶ “Say to the rebellious people,^(E) the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I have had enough^(F) of all your detestable practices, house of Israel. ⁷ When you brought in foreigners,^(G) uncircumcised in both heart and flesh,^(H) to occupy my sanctuary, you defiled my temple while you offered my food—the fat and the blood. You^[a] broke my covenant by all your detestable practices. ⁸ You have not kept charge of my holy things^(I) but have appointed others to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.’