He will be like a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Verse Concepts

GoldPurificationSilverTestingTrialsGoldsmithsFruits Of Righteousness

PurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionThings Like SilverThings ImprovedRegulating SacrificesBurnout

The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”

Verse Concepts

Sacrifice, Nt Fulfilment Of

Royal Priesthood

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their sin. Yet they will occupy My sanctuary, serving as guards at the temple gates and ministering at the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and [other] sacrifices for the people and will stand before them to serve them. Because they ministered to the house of Israel before their idols and became a sinful stumbling block to them, therefore I swore an oath against them"-[this is] the declaration of the Lord God -"that they would bear the consequences of their sin. read more.
They must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear their disgrace and the consequences of the abominations they committed. Yet I will make them responsible for the duties of the temple-for all its work and everything done in it.