Ezekiel 44:16 “They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minis…”

Ezekiel 44:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

World English Bible

“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

American Standard Version

they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall enter into my Sanctuarie, and shall come neere to my table, to serue me, and they shall keepe my charge.

Darby Translation

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

Young's Literal Translation

they come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.

Bible in Basic English

They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.

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Cross references

“They shall enter”

Revelation 1:6

Revelation 1:6 · BSB

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.

“to my table”

Ezekiel 41:22 Malachi 1:7 Malachi 1:12

Ezekiel 41:22 · BSB

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.”

Malachi 1:7 · BSB

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.

Malachi 1:12 · BSB

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

“keep”

Deuteronomy 33:8–10 Numbers 18:7 Numbers 18:8

Deuteronomy 33:8–10 · BSB

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.

Numbers 18:7 · BSB

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 a…

Numbers 18:8 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

Also

Numbers 18:5

Numbers 18:5 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15But 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.

17When 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.

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