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Ezekiel 44:13

They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.

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ASV

And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

KJV

And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יִגְּשׁ֤וּyi.ge.Shuthey will draw nearH5066 →
אֵלַי֙'e.Laito meH413 →
לְכַהֵ֣ןle.kha.Hento serve as priestsH3547 →
לִ֔יLi<to> me
וְלָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ve.la.Ge.shetand to draw nearH5066 →
עַל־'al-toH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
קָ֣דָשַׁ֔יka.da.Shaiholy things myH6944 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
קָדְשֵׁ֖יka.de.Shei[the] holy things ofH6944 →
הַקְּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ke.da.Shimthe holy thingsH6944 →
וְנָֽשְׂאוּ֙ve.na.se.'Uand they will bearH5375 →
כְּלִמָּתָ֔םke.li.ma.Tamdisgrace theirH3639 →
וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָ֖םve.to.'a.vo.Tamand abominations theirH8441 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשֽׂוּ׃'a.Suthey have doneH6213 →

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Numbers 18:3And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.2 Kings 23:9Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.Ezekiel 32:24Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.Ezekiel 36:7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.Ezekiel 32:20They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.Ezekiel 16:52So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.Ezekiel 44:12Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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