Context 14“Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that shall be done in it. Ordinances for the Levites 15“But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Lord GOD. 16“They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge. 17“It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and wool shall not be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house. 18“Linen turbans shall be on their heads and linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat. 19“When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 20“Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. 21“Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court. 22“And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23“Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24“In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My sabbaths. 25“They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. 26“After he is cleansed, seven days shall elapse for him. 27“On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering,” declares the Lord GOD. 28“And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel—I am their possession. 29“They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30“The first of all the first fruits of every kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough to cause a blessing to rest on your house. 31“The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionYet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. Douay-Rheims Bible And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. Darby Bible Translation And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. English Revised Version Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. Webster's Bible Translation But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein. World English Bible Yet will I make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall be done therein. Young's Literal Translation and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it. Library That the Ruler Relax not his Care for the Things that are Within in his Occupation among the Things that are Without, nor Neglect to ProvideThe ruler should not relax his care for the things that are within in his occupation among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things that are without in his solicitude for the things that are within; lest either, given up to the things that are without, he fall away from his inmost concerns, or, occupied only with the things that are within bestow not on his neighbours outside himself what he owes them. For it is often the case that some, as if forgetting that they have … Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great Epistle iv. To Cyriacus, Bishop. Paul's Departure and Crown; Ezekiel Links Ezekiel 44:14 NIV • Ezekiel 44:14 NLT • Ezekiel 44:14 ESV • Ezekiel 44:14 NASB • Ezekiel 44:14 KJV • Ezekiel 44:14 Bible Apps • Ezekiel 44:14 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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