He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Verse Concepts

GoldPurificationSilverTestingTrialsGoldsmithsFruits Of Righteousness

PurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionThings Like SilverThings ImprovedRegulating SacrificesBurnout

And the priests and the Levites will never be without a man to come before me, offering burned offerings and perfumes and meal offerings and offerings of beasts at all times.

Verse Concepts

Sacrifice, Nt Fulfilment Of

Royal Priesthood

But as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them. But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their servants. Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them. read more.
And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done. But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.