Ezekiel 44:10-14

New King James Version

Laws Governing Priests

^10 (A)“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. ¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, ^(B)as gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; ^(C)they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and ^(D)they shall stand before them to minister to them. ¹² Because they ministered to them before their idols and ^(E)caused^[a] the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore I have ^(F)raised My hand in an oath against them,” says the Lord God, “that they shall bear their iniquity. ^13 (G)And they shall not come near Me to minister to Me as priest, nor come near any of My holy things, nor into the Most Holy Place; but they shall ^(H)bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. ¹⁴ Nevertheless I will make them ^(I)keep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.