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Ezekiel 44:14

Verse 14 of 31. The 44th of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.

10“‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.

11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

12Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord GOD, “and they will bear their iniquity.

13They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

14Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service and for all that will be done therein.

15“‘“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who performed the duty of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood,” says the Lord GOD.

16“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.

17“‘“It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments. No wool shall come on them while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

18They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.