Ezekiel 44:16

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Ipsi ingredientur sanctuarium meum, et ipsi accedent ad mensam meam, ut ministrent mihi, et custodiant cæremonias meas.

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English

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

Notes

Ezekiel 44:15–16

Unlike the Levites and others who turned to idols, the Levitical priests from Zadok's family stayed loyal to the Lord.

Zadok was the high priest during Solomon's time. His family was rewarded with access to the inner courtyard to perform important sacrifices closer to God.

These chapters often highlight that those who were faithful in the past would be rewarded with closer access to God and more privileges, while the unfaithful would remain farther away.

Ezekiel 44:1–31

Now that the glory of the Lord had returned to the temple, access was critical. Who could approach this holy God? Like Ezekiel 43, this chapter focuses on the temple’s entrances and exits, as well as the duties and procedures for its use.

Theme notes and profiles

Israel’s Geography as Theology Temple Legislation as Theology Temple Worship The New Community

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

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.”
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.”
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.

Glossary

Book of Revelation Ezekiel (Person) Ezekiel, Book of Judaism New Jerusalem Sadducees Son of Man Temple Theocracy Zadok

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