Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple ¹  of the Lord anymore. ²  So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning.

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised ¹  on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, ² 

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another ¹  as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Then the devil left him, and angels ¹  came and began ministering to his needs.

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! ¹ 

The robe ¹  is to be on Aaron as he ministers, ²  and his sound will be heard ³  when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die.

But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron’s descendants serve as the Lord’s priests and the Levites assist them with the work. ¹ 

No one must enter the Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord.

Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple ¹  eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

We ¹  sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God ²  in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

So Moses set out ¹  with ²  Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.

Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

who serve ¹  in the Lord’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there – the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar – and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. ¹ 

Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. ¹  Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb ²  among the nations. Why should it be said ³  among the peoples, “Where is their God?”