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Ezekiel 44:16

14 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.

They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

17 When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.

18 They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.

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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.

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BSB
They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
KJV
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
WEB
“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
ASV
they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
DARBY
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
BLB
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
ÅB
De skal gå inn i min helligdom, og de skal trede nær til mitt bord for å tjene meg, og de skal ta vare på det jeg vil ha varetatt.
OTB
De alene skal komme inn i min helligdom; de alene skal komme nær mitt bord for å tjene meg og tjene meg.
B1930
De skal gå inn i min helligdom, og de skal trede nær til mitt bord for å tjene mig, og de skal ta vare på det jeg vil ha varetatt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 41:22

    There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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  • Malachi 1:7

    By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You ?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

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  • Malachi 1:12

    “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

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  • Numbers 18:7–8

    But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

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  • Deuteronomy 33:8–10

    Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

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  • Numbers 18:5

    And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

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  • Revelation 1:6

    who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

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