Ezekiel 40:45 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁵ He said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁵ And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁵ And the man [an angel who was guiding me] said, This chamber with its view to the south is for the priests who have charge of the house [of the Lord],

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁵ And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

Common English Bible

⁴⁵ He spoke to me: “The chamber facing south is for the priests who keep watch over the temple,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁵ And he said to me: "This is the storeroom that looks toward the south; it shall be for the priests who keep watch for the protection of the temple.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁵ And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.

Ezekiel 40:45 Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:49

But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, doing all the work of the most holy place, to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

1 Chronicles 9:23

So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

2 Chronicles 13:11

They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and fragrant incense, set out the rows of bread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand so that its lamps may burn every evening, for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have abandoned him.

Psalm 134:1

Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!

Ezekiel 40:17

Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there and a pavement all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.

Ezekiel 40:38

There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate where the burnt offering was to be washed.

Ezekiel 44:11

They shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple and serving in the temple; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall attend on them and serve them.

Ezekiel 44:15

“But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 45:4

It shall be a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be both a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 8:5

Then God said to me, “O mortal, lift up your eyes now in the direction of the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the altar gate, in the entrance, was this image of jealousy.

Leviticus 8:35

You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, keeping the Lord’s charge so that you do not die, for so have I been commanded.”

Numbers 18:5

You yourselves shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, so that wrath may never again come upon the Israelites.

Numbers 3:32

Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites and to have oversight of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:38

Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east—in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise—were Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons, who were to perform the duties of the sanctuary, whatever had to be done for the Israelites, and any outsider who came near was to be put to death.

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;

Revelation 1:6

and made us a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.