Ezek.44.15

Ezekiel 44:15

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¶ But 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 God:

The Duties of the Priests

Cross References

Leviticus 3:16

KJV GOD

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’S.

Laws for Peace Offerings

Leviticus 3:17

KJV GOD

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Laws for Peace Offerings

Leviticus 17:5

KJV GOD

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.

The Place of Sacrifice

Leviticus 17:6

KJV GOD

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord.

The Place of Sacrifice

Numbers 18:7

KJV GOD

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Duties of Priests and Levites

Jeremiah 33:18

KJV GOD

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

The Covenant with David

Ezekiel 14:11

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That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

Ezekiel 40:45

KJV

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

Chambers for Ministry

Ezekiel 40:46

KJV

And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minister unto him.

Chambers for Ministry

Ezekiel 43:19

KJV GOD

And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering.

The Altar of Sacrifice

The Offerings

Ezekiel 44:7

KJV GOD

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

Reproof of the Levites

Ezekiel 44:10

KJV GOD

And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

Reproof of the Levites

Ezekiel 48:11

KJV GOD

It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

The Portions for the Priests and Levites

Zechariah 3:1

KJV

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

The Vision of Joshua the High Priest

Joshua, the High Priest

Zechariah 3:7

KJV GOD

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.