“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
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“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
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They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
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they shall enter into My sanctuary, and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 44:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 41:22 The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits. Its corners, its length, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before Yahweh.”
- Numbers 18:7-8 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.” Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.
- Malachi 1:7 You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
- Malachi 1:12 “But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
- Numbers 18:5 “You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 33:8-10 About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah. He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant. They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
- Revelation 1:6 and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and…
Eze 44:16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
Ver. 16. To my table,] i.e., To mine altar, {Eze 41:22 Mal 1:7; Mal 1:12} which as often as they do, they receive a double pledge of the pardon of their own sins. {Joh 20:23}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They shall enter, the high priest and the other…
They shall enter, the high priest and the other priests shall have right and liberty of entering, into my sanctuary; both to the altar, to the temple, and the high priest into the holy of holies.
To my table; to set the shew-bread on, and to take it off.
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To minister unto me; to offer sacrifice at the altar, and incense in the house; this the priests did in their course; and of this line the high priest alone, once a year, in the day of expiation, went in to minister to the Lord in the holy of holies.
They shall keep my charge: see Eze 44:8.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They shall enter into my sanctuary,.... Both to officiate,…
They shall enter into my sanctuary,.... Both to officiate, and to participate, which strangers and uncircumcised persons might not do, Eze 44:9,
and they shall come near to my table to minister unto me; which some understand of the altar of burnt offering, which was as a table, and the sacrifice on it was the food of the Lord, Lev 3:11, others, the altar of incense; see Eze 41:22. Kimchi interprets it of the table of shewbread; but, whatever is meant in the letter, the mystical sense is, the ordinance of the Lord's supper, called the Lord's table, Co1 10:21, a table richly spread, and well furnished with spiritual provision: here Christ himself sits, bids his people welcome, eats with them, and they with him; and here all the saints are guests, and ministers in particular officiate:
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and they shall keep my charge; continue to do so; for this they did before, Eze 44:15, but now should be confirmed in their office, and never be displaced, as others; they that honour God he will honour, Sa1 2:30.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Into my sanctuary - Both to the altar, to…
Into my sanctuary - Both to the altar, to the temple, and the high-priest into the holy of holies. Come near - To set the shew- bread on, and to take it off. To minister - To offer sacrifice at the altar, and incense in the house. God will put marks of honour upon those who are faithful to him in trying times, and will, employ those in his service, who have kept close to it, when others drew back.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Come near to my table] To place…
Verse 16. Come near to my table] To place the shew-bread there, and to burn incense on the golden altar in the holy of holies.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. near to my table] The altar of burnt-offering…
16. near to my table] The altar of burnt-offering is no doubt meant, cf. on Eze_41:22.
Eze_44:17-19. The garments of the priests.—In the service of the sanctuary they shall wear only linen clothing, drawers and head-dresses. In Exo_28:39; Exo_28:42; Exo_39:27; Lev_16:4, the coats and bonnets of the priests are byssus (possibly cotton).
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