Verse 16

Ezekiel 44:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֜מָּה יָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל מִקְדָּשִׁ֗/י וְ/הֵ֛מָּה יִקְרְב֥וּ אֶל שֻׁלְחָנִ֖/י לְ/שָׁרְתֵ֑/נִי וְ/שָׁמְר֖וּ אֶת מִשְׁמַרְתִּֽ/י
English Translation
They shall come to My sanctuary, and they shall approach My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 44 Context
1 And he brought me back to the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary, which looked towards the eas... Focus ↗
2 And the Lord said to me: This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall pass thro... Focus ↗
3 For the prince. The prince himself shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord: he shall enter in... Focus ↗
4 And he brought me by the way of the north gate, in the sight of the house: and I saw, and behold the... Focus ↗
5 And the Lord said to me: Son of man, attend with thy heart, and behold with thy eyes, and hear with... Focus ↗
6 And thou shalt say to the house of Israel that provoketh me: Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Let a... Focus ↗
7 In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in m... Focus ↗
8 And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sa... Focus ↗
9 Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): No stranger uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, sh... Focus ↗
10 Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have w... Focus ↗
11 They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers of the gates of the house, and ministers to... Focus ↗
12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and were a stumblingblock of iniquity to the hou... Focus ↗
13 And they shall not come near to me to do the office of priest to me, neither shall they come near to... Focus ↗
14 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall b... Focus ↗
15 But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies or my sanctuary, when the c... Focus ↗
16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and t...
17 And when they shall enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garme... Focus ↗
18 They shall have linen mitres on their heads, and linen breeches on their loins, and they shall not b... Focus ↗
19 And when they shall go forth to the outward court to the people, they shall put off their garments w... Focus ↗
20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads. Focus ↗
21 And no priest shall drink wine when he is to go into the inner court. Focus ↗
22 Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of th... Focus ↗
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern... Focus ↗
24 And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall... Focus ↗
25 And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son... Focus ↗
26 And after one is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. Focus ↗
27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister unto me in the sanc... Focus ↗
28 And they shall have no inheritance, I am their inheritance: neither shall you give them any possessi... Focus ↗
29 They shall eat the victim both for sin and for trespass: and every vowed thing in Israel shall be th... Focus ↗
30 And the firstfruits of all the firstborn, and all the libations of all things that are offered, shal... Focus ↗
31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself or caught by a beast, whether it be fo... Focus ↗