Ezekiel 44:13-15
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13 They must not come near to me to serve me as the priests do. They must not touch any of my holy things or the most holy offerings. Instead, they must be ashamed of the disgusting things that they have done. 14 But I will allow them to take care of the temple and all the ordinary work that is done there.
15 Only the priests who are descendants of Zadok, the Levite, may come near to me and serve me.[a] When Israel's people turned away from me, only the priests of Zadok's family faithfully served me in my temple. So now Zadok's descendants may offer to me the fat and the blood of sacrifices. That is what the Almighty Lord says.
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- 44:15 Zadok was a priest at the time of David. He was faithful to David when David's sons, Absalom and Adonijah, turned against their father (2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 15:24-29; 1 Kings 1:8). David's son Solomon chose Zadok to be the chief priest (1 Kings 2:35).
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