Ezekiel 44:16
What does Ezekiel 44:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 44:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862they come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
Context
v.15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me; and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord Jehovah:
v.16This passage
v.17And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 41:22
The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before Jehovah.
- Malachi 1:12
But ye profane it, in that ye say, The table of Jehovah is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even its food, is contemptible.
- Revelation 1:6
and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Numbers 18:5
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:7
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
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