Ezekiel 44:14

44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

Ezekiel 44:16

44:16 They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.

Ezekiel 40:45-46

40:45 He said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, ¹  40:46 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 40:1

Vision of the New Temple

40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city ²  was struck down, on this very day, ³  the hand ⁴  of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 23:32

23:32 “This is what the sovereign Lord says: “You will drink your sister’s deep and wide cup; ⁶  you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal.

Ezra 8:24-30

8:24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with ⁷  Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, ⁸  8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. 8:26 I weighed out to them ⁹  650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, ¹⁰  100 talents of gold, 8:27 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. 8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 8:29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, ¹¹  in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”

8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of ¹²  the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.

¹ tn Heb “the house.”

² sn That is, Jerusalem.

³ tn April 19, 573 b.c.

⁴ tn Or “power.”

⁵ sn That is, to the land of Israel (see v. 2).

⁶ sn The image of a deep and wide cup suggests the degree of punishment; it will be extensive and leave the victim helpless.

⁷ tc The translation reads וַחֲשַׁבְיָה וְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (vÿsherevÿyah vakhashavyah, “and Sherebiah and Hashabiah”) rather than the reading חֲשַׁבְיָה לְשֵׁרֵבְיָה (lÿsherevyah khashavyah, “to Sherebiah Hashabiah”) of the MT.

⁸ tn Or “relatives”; or “colleagues” (cf. NLT “ten other priests”).

⁹ tn Heb “upon their hand.”

¹⁰ tn Possibly “100 silver vessels worth [?] talents” or “silver vessels weighing 100 talents.”

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹² tn Heb “received.”