Ezequiel 44:16

16 'Ellos entrarán en mi santuario, y se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme y guardar mis ordenanzas.

Ezequiel 44:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:16

They shall enter into my sanctuary
Both to officiate, and to participate, which strangers and uncircumcised persons might not do, ( Ezekiel 44:9 ) : and they shall come near to my table to minister unto me;
which some understand of the altar of burnt offering, which was as a table, and the sacrifice on it was the food of the Lord, ( Leviticus 3:11 Leviticus 3:16 ) , others, the altar of incense; see ( Ezekiel 41:22 ) . Kimchi interprets it of the table of shewbread; but, whatever is meant in the letter, the mystical sense is, the ordinance of the Lord's supper, called the Lord's table, ( 1 Corinthians 10:21 ) , a table richly spread, and well furnished with spiritual provision: here Christ himself sits, bids his people welcome, eats with them, and they with him; and here all the saints are guests, and ministers in particular officiate: and they shall keep my charge;
continue to do so; for this they did before, ( Ezekiel 44:15 ) , but now should be confirmed in their office, and never be displaced, as others; they that honour God he will honour, ( 1 Samuel 2:30 ) .

Ezequiel 44:16 In-Context

14 'Los pondré como guardas de las ordenanzas del templo, de todo su servicio y de todo lo que se ha de hacer en él.

15 'Pero los sacerdotes levitas, hijos de Sadoc, que se ocupaban de guardar mi santuario cuando los hijos de Israel se alejaron de mí, se acercarán a mí para servirme, y estarán delante de mí para ofrecerme la grosura y la sangre'declara el Señor DIOS.

16 'Ellos entrarán en mi santuario, y se acercarán a mi mesa para servirme y guardar mis ordenanzas.

17 'Y cuando entren por las puertas del atrio interior, se pondrán vestiduras de lino; no se pondrán lana mientras estén sirviendo en las puertas del atrio interior y en el templo.

18 'Llevarán turbantes de lino sobre sus cabezas, y calzoncillos de lino sobre sus lomos; no se ceñirán de nada que los haga sudar.