Ezekiel 44 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 44:16

They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
Ezekiel 44:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 44:16 in other translations

BSBThey alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
WEB“They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
ASVthey shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
YLTthey come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
DARBYThey shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall approach unto my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
BBEThey are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.
WebsterThey shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

What does Ezekiel 44:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Come near to my table - To place the shew-bread there, and to burn incense on the golden altar in the holy of holies.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 44:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֜מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
יָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uthey will comeH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
מִקְדָּשִׁ֗יmik.da.Shisanctuary myH4720
וְהֵ֛מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992
יִקְרְב֥וּyik.re.Vuthey will draw nearH7126
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שֻׁלְחָנִ֖יshul.cha.Nitable myH7979
לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִיle.sha.re.Te.nito serve meH8334
וְשָׁמְר֖וּve.sha.me.Ruand they will keepH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִשְׁמַרְתִּֽי\׃mish.mar.Ticharge myH4931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 44:16

  • Ezekiel 41:22

    The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.

  • Malachi 1:7

    Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

  • Malachi 1:12

    But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.

  • Numbers 18:7-8

    Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 33:8-10

    And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

  • Numbers 18:5

    And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

  • Revelation 1:6

    And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They shall enter.
Re 1:6
to my table.To place the shew-bread there. It is observable, that the table in the sanctuary is mentioned rather than the altar of incense; perhaps intimating the change in the external institutions of Divine worship which should take place before the accomplishment of the prophecy. It is not easy to determine, whether any external regulations, with respect to Divine ordinances, answerable to these predictions, will be made among the converted Jews, when reinstated in their own land, or not.
41:22; Mal 1:7,12
keep.
Nu 18:7,8; De 33:8-10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 44:15

    But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

  • Ezekiel 44:16

    They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

  • Ezekiel 44:17

    And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

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Ezekiel 44:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esos entrarán en mi santuario, y ellos se allegarán á mi mesa para ministrarme, y guardarán mi ordenamiento.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Eux entreront dans mon sanctuaire, et eux s’approcheront de ma table pour faire mon service, et ils feront l’acquit de la charge que je leur confie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie sollen in mein Heiligtum kommen, und sie sollen meinem Tische nahen, um mir zu dienen, und sollen meiner Hut warten. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ipsi ingredientur sanctuarium meum, et ipsi accedent ad mensam meam, ut ministrent mihi, et custodiant cæremonias meas.