Ezekiel 44:5,6

God showed his *glory to Ezekiel so that Ezekiel would have the power to do God’s work. This *vision was a message from God to the *Israelites. This chapter contains God’s instructions about three groups of people:

• Foreigners (verses 7-9) cannot even enter the *temple gates. They do not obey God and they do not love God. Unless they receive *circumcision, they cannot *worship at the *temple.

• *Levites have special duties at the *temple. Many people who used to be priests could only carry out the duties of *Levites at this *temple. This happened because of their *sin.
• Only priests who are loyal to God could carry out the most sacred tasks in this *temple. They had to obey special rules in order to separate themselves from *sin.