Ezekiel 44:1-9

1Then He brought me back by way of the 1outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. 2And the 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. 5And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, 1112pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the 13statutes of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and 14pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary. 6You shall say to the 1516rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord 17God says: “18Enough of all your abominations, house of Israel, 7when you brought in 19foreigners, 20uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, My house, when you 21offered My food, the fat, and the blood and they 22broke My covenant--this in addition to all your abominations. 8And you have not 2324taken responsibility for My holy things yourselves, but you have appointed foreigners 25to take responsibility for My sanctuary.”

9‘This is what the Lord God says: “26No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.