Ezek.44.24

Ezekiel 44:24

KJV GOD

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

The Duties of the Priests

Cross References

Leviticus 23:2

KJV GOD

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

Feasts and Sabbaths

Leviticus 23:4

KJV GOD

¶ These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Deuteronomy 17:8

KJV

¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

Courts of Law

Deuteronomy 17:9

KJV

And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

Courts of Law

Deuteronomy 19:17

KJV

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses

Deuteronomy 21:5

KJV

And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:

Atonement for an Unsolved Murder

1 Chronicles 23:4

KJV

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

The Divisions of the Levites

Offices of the Levites

2 Chronicles 19:8

KJV

¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

Jehoshaphat’s Reforms

Reforms Instituted

Psalm 119:34

KJV

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

ה - HE

Ezekiel 20:12

KJV GOD

Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

Israel’s Rebellion in the Wilderness

Ezekiel 20:20

KJV GOD

And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.