Discovery BoxEzekiel 40:46 
Context40:46 and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him.”
Ezekiel 43:19
Context43:19 you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ezekiel 44:12
Context44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle 1 to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow 2 concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible 3 for their sin.
Ezekiel 44:17
Context44:17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple.
Ezekiel 45:5
Context45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles 4 in length and three and one-third miles 5 in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities 6 in which they will live.
1 tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).
2 tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”
3 tn Heb “will bear.”
4 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).
5 tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).
6 tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.
