Ezekiel 44:1-9

1Then He brought me back by the way of the 1outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut. 2The Lord said to me, “This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the 2Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. 3As for the 3prince, he shall sit in it as prince to 4eat bread before the Lord; he shall 5enter by way of the 6porch of the gate and shall go out 7by the same way.”

4Then He brought me by way of the 8north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the 9glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I 10fell on my face. 5The Lord said to me, “Son of man, 1112mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the 13statutes of the house of the Lord and concerning all its laws; and 14mark well the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary. 6You shall say to the 1516rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord 17God, “18Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel, 7when you brought in 19foreigners, 20uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you 21offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they 22made My covenant void--this in addition to all your abominations. 8And you have not 23kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners 24to keep charge of My sanctuary.”

9‘Thus says the Lord God, “25No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.