Ezekiel 44:14
12 Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
13 They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
15 But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
16 They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
- KJV
- But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
- WEB
- Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.
- ASV
- Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
- DARBY
- And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
- BLB
- And I will give them to keep charge of the temple, for all its service and for all that is done in it.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil sette dem til å ta vare på det som er å vareta i huset, med alt arbeidet der og alt som der skal gjøres.
- OTB
- Likevel vil jeg utnevne dem til å ta ansvar for huset, for all dets tjeneste og for alt som skal gjøres i det.
- B1930
- Jeg vil sette dem til å ta vare på det som er å vareta i huset, med alt arbeidet der og alt som der skal gjøres.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 18:4
They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:28–32
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
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