Ezekiel 44:12-16 »‘I have sworn against them because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘They will bear the punishment for their iniquity.’

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² »‘I have sworn against them because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel,’ declares the Lord Jehovah. ‘They will bear the punishment for their iniquity.’ ¹³ »‘They will not serve as a priest to me, nor come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy. They will bear their shame for their abominations that they have committed. ¹⁴ »‘Even so I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that will be done in it.’ ¹⁵ »‘But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me. They shall stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the Lord Jehovah. ¹⁶ »‘They will enter my sanctuary and come near my table to minister to me and keep my charge.