"But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done the…" — Ezekiel 44:14

Ezekiel 44:14 · KJV

“But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.”

— Ezekiel 44:14

Verse 13

And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy {place}: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

Verse 15

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:

Ezekiel 44 — Context

Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. {caused...: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc}

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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

Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:28-32

Because their office {was} to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; {their...: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron}

Numbers 18:4

And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.