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So now they are the ones who are to serve me and come into my presence to offer me the fat and the blood of the sacrifices. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/ezekiel/44-15.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/ezekiel/44-15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/ezekiel/44-15.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/ezekiel/1.htm">Ezekiel</a> > <a href="/gntd/ezekiel/44.htm">Chapter 44</a> > Verse 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/44-14.htm" title="Ezekiel 44:14">◄</a> Ezekiel 44:15 <a href="../ezekiel/44-16.htm" title="Ezekiel 44:16">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/44.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/ezekiel/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Sovereign LORD said, "Those priests belonging to the tribe of Levi who are descended from Zadok, however, continued to serve me faithfully in the Temple when the rest of the people of Israel turned away from me. So now they are the ones who are to serve me and come into my presence to offer me the fat and the blood of the sacrifices. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But the levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/ezekiel/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The priests of the Levi tribe who are descendants of Zadok the priest were faithful to me, even when the rest of the Israelites turned away. And so, these priests will continue to serve as my priests and to offer the fat and the blood of sacrifices. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As for the levitical priests, sons of Zadok, who took charge of my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed from me, they may approach me to serve me and stand before me to offer the fat and the blood—oracle of the Lord GOD.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/ezekiel/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies of my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies of my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.</p><p class="hdg">the sons</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/40-46.htm">Ezekiel 40:46</a> But the chamber that looketh towards the north shall be for the priests that watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Sadoc, who among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord, to minister to him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/43-19.htm">Ezekiel 43:19</a> And thou shalt give to the priests, and the Levites, that are of the race of Sadoc, who approach to me, saith the Lord God, to offer to me a calf of the herd for sin.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/48-11.htm">Ezekiel 48:11</a> The sanctuary shall be for the priests of the sons of Sadoc, who kept my ceremonies, and went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites also went astray.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/2-35.htm">1 Samuel 2:35</a> And I will raise me up a faithful priest, who shall do according to my heart, and my soul and I will build him a faithful house, and he shall walk all days before my anointed.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/2-35.htm">1 Kings 2:35</a> And the king appointed Banaias, the son of Joiada in his room over the army; and Sadoc, the priest, he put in the place of Abiathar.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_timothy/3-3.htm">1 Timothy 3:3-10</a> Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_timothy/2-2.htm">2 Timothy 2:2</a> And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/2-1.htm">Revelation 2:1,8,12,18</a> Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith he who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../revelation/3-1.htm">Revelation 3:1,7,14,22</a> And to the angel of the church of Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know thy works, and that thou hast the name of being alive. And thou art dead. . . . </p><p class="hdg">when</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10</a> Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity:</p><p class="hdg">they shall stand</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Deuteronomy 10:8</a> At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1-7</a> And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood on his right hand to be his adversary. . . . </p><p class="hdg">the fat</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7</a> In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/3-16.htm">Leviticus 3:16,17</a> And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's. . . . </p><p class="hdg">the blood</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5,6</a> Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/ezekiel/44.htm">The Duties of the Priests</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl">But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies of my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.</span><span class="reftext">16</span>They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and to keep my ceremonies.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/3-16.htm">Leviticus 3:16</a></span><br />And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17</a></span><br />By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5</a></span><br />Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../leviticus/17-6.htm">Leviticus 17:6</a></span><br />And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/18-7.htm">Numbers 18:7</a></span><br />But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/33-18.htm">Jeremiah 33:18</a></span><br />Neither shall there be cut off from the priests and Levites a man before my face to offer holocausts, and to burn sacrifices, and to kill victims continually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/14-11.htm">Ezekiel 14:11</a></span><br />That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, nor be polluted with all their transgressions: but may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/40-45.htm">Ezekiel 40:45</a></span><br />And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/40-46.htm">Ezekiel 40:46</a></span><br />But the chamber that looketh towards the north shall be for the priests that watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Sadoc, who among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord, to minister to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/43-19.htm">Ezekiel 43:19</a></span><br />And thou shalt give to the priests, and the Levites, that are of the race of Sadoc, who approach to me, saith the Lord God, to offer to me a calf of the herd for sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7</a></span><br />In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10</a></span><br />Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../ezekiel/48-11.htm">Ezekiel 48:11</a></span><br />The sanctuary shall be for the priests of the sons of Sadoc, who kept my ceremonies, and went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites also went astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../zechariah/3-1.htm">Zechariah 3:1</a></span><br />And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan stood on his right hand to be his adversary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../zechariah/3-7.htm">Zechariah 3:7</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my charge, thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt keep my courts, and I will give thee some of them that are now present here to walk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-14.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-14.htm">Duty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-8.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-13.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-8.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-11.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-11.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-19.htm">Zadok</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/45-20.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-19.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Duty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-15.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-22.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-27.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/daniel/4-2.htm">Performed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-19.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-16.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-24.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Zadok</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and are astray before blood But carried charge come declares descendants duties faithfully fat from GOD Israel Israelites kept Levites Levitical LORD me minister my near of offer out priests sacrifices sanctuary shall sons Sovereign stand the they to went when who Zadok<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/44-15.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 44:15 But the priests the Levites the sons (Ezek. 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