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Ezekiel Ch. 44 Verses 10-14
as for the Levites who departed
from me when Israel strayed from
me to pursue their idols, they shall
bear the consequences of their sins.
They shall serve in my sanctuary as
gatekeepers and temple servants,
they shall slaughter the holocausts
and the sacrifices for the people,
minister for them before their idols,
and became an occasion of sin to the
house of Israel, therefore I have
sworn an oath against them,
says the Lord God; they shall bear
the consequences of their sins. They
shall no longer draw near me to serve as my
\priest, nor shall they touch any of my
sacred things, or the most sacred things.
Thus they shall bear their disgrace
because of all their abominable deeds.
But I will set them to the service of the
temple, for all its work and for everything
that is to be done in it.
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Ezekiel Ch. 44 Verses 15-16
As for the Levitical priest, however,
the Zadokites who cared for my sanctuary
when the Israelites strayed from me,
they shall draw near me to minister to
me, they shall stand before me to offer me,
fat and blood, says the Lord God. It is
they who shall enter my sanctuary, they
who shall approach my table to minister
to me, and they who shall carry out my service.
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