Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 44:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
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Role in This Section
Ezekiel's measured final vision turns or qualifies the movement with “But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the…” at Ezekiel 44:15 inside “Zadokite Priests Receive Dress, Hair, Marriage, Teaching, and Purity Rules.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 44:15–27
Read Ezekiel 44:15 with 44:15–27. By itself, “But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Zadok's descendants approach the altar under detailed clothing, grooming, drink, marriage, teaching, judging, Sabbath, and corpse-contact rules, with specified cleansing after defilement.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Ezekiel 44:15–27 — Zadokite Priests Receive Dress, Hair, Marriage, Teaching, and Purity RulesSources 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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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 44:15–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
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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 44:15–27
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