Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 44:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And 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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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor…” at Ezekiel 44:13 as part of “Foreign Access Is Restricted and Errant Levites Receive Lower Service.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 44:9–14
Read Ezekiel 44:13 with 44:9–14. By itself, “And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The vision bars uncircumcised foreigners and assigns Levites who strayed to gatekeeping and slaughter service while withholding nearer priestly access.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 44:13 performs a local role inside “Foreign Access Is Restricted and Errant Levites Receive Lower Service.” Ezekiel's measured final vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor…” at Ezekiel 44:13 as part of “Foreign Access Is Restricted and Errant Levites Receive Lower Service.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 44:9–14 — Foreign Access Is Restricted and Errant Levites Receive Lower ServiceSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 44:9–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 44:9–14
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