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Read›Ezekiel›Chapter 44

The Duties of the Priests

Ezekiel 44:16

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
they come into My sanctuary, and they draw near to My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
YLT
they come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
DBY
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
DRC
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.
GNV
They shall enter into my Sanctuarie, and shall come neere to my table, to serue me, and they shall keepe my charge.
JPS
they shall enter into My sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge.
LXXE
These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֵ֜מָּה יָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־מִקְדָּשִׁ֗י וְהֵ֛מָּה יִקְרְב֥וּ אֶל־שֻׁלְחָנִ֖י לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִי וְשָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Οὗτοι εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὰ ἅγιά μου, καὶ οὗτοι προσελεύσονται πρὸς τὴν τράπεζάν μου, τοῦ λειτουργεῖν μοι, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰς φυλακάς μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 41:22There 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.”
  • 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.’
  • Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
  • Numbers 18:7–8But 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…
  • Deuteronomy 33:8–10Concerning 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. He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He…
  • Numbers 18:5And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
  • Revelation 1:6who 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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