they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
Parallel translations
- KJV They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
- BSB They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
- NKJV “They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.
- NASB “They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to serve Me and assume the responsibility I give them.
- NLT They alone will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They will fulfill all my requirements.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ezek 41:22The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.
- Num 18:7–8You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- Mal 1:7You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ In that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is contemptible.’
- Mal 1:12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
- Deut 33:8–10About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
- Num 18:5“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
- Rev 1:6and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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