Isaiah 66:21 ““And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD…”

Isaiah 66:21

“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

Of them I will also select priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will take of them for Priestes, and for Leuites, saith the Lord.

Darby Translation

And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.”

1 Peter 2:9 Exodus 19:6 Isaiah 61:6 1 Peter 2:5 Revelation 1:6 Revelation 5:10

1 Peter 2:9 · BSB

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Isaiah 61:6 · BSB

But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

1 Peter 2:5 · BSB

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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.

Revelation 5:10 · BSB

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

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

In context

20And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”

22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

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