Ezekiel 44:16

The People Serving In The New Temple

¹⁵ "The descendants of Zadok, Levitical priests who took care of my sanctuary when the Israelis wandered away from me, are to come near me to minister to me. They are to stand before me to offer the fat and the blood to me," declares the Lord GOD. ¹⁶ "They are to enter my sanctuary, approach my table to minister to me, and carry out my requirements. ¹⁷ Whenever they enter at the gates of the inner court, they are to be clothed with linen garments. They are not to wear wool when they are ministering within the gates of the inner courtyard or in the Temple.

Holy Place

Ezekiel 41:22

The altar was made of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. He told me, "This table stands in the LORD's presence."

Numbers 18:7-8

Now you and your sons with you are to maintain your priestly duties and all matters that concern the altar and what is housed within the veil. You are to perform these services. I'm giving you the priesthood as a gift of service, but any unauthorized person who approaches is to be put to death."

Malachi 1:7

By presenting defiled food on my altar. And you ask, "How have we defiled you?' By saying, "The Table of the LORD is contemptible.'

Malachi 1:12

"But you are profaning my name by saying that the Table of the LORD is defiled and that its fruit and its food are contemptible.

Numbers 18:5

Take care of the sanctuary and the services of the altar so that there won't be any more wrath on the Israelis.

Deuteronomy 33:8-10

About Levi he said: "Let your Thummim and Urim be with the man to whom you showed gracious love, whom you tested at Massah and with whom you struggled at the waters of Meribah,

Revelation 1:6

and has made us a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.