⁴⁵ And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^(A)who have charge of the temple,

²³ So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

³⁵ At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has ^(A)charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.”

⁶ and made us ^(A)a kingdom, ^(B)priests to ^(C)his God and Father, to him be ^(D)glory and ^(E)dominion forever and ever. Amen.

²⁰ O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. ^(A)Avoid the ^(B)irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”

⁴ So shall you know that I have sent ^(A)this command to you, that ^(B)my covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. ⁵ My covenant with him was one of life and ^(C)peace, and I gave them to him. ^(D)It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. ^6 (E)True instruction^[a] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he ^(F)turned many from iniquity. ⁷ For ^(G)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people^[b] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

⁵ Then he said to me, ^(A)“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of ^(B)the altar gate, in the entrance, was this ^(C)image of jealousy.

¹¹ They offer to the Lord ^(A)every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out ^(B)the showbread on the table of pure gold, ^(C)and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may ^(D)burn every evening. For we ^(E)keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.