Joel 1:9
English Standard Version
9 (A)The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the Lord.
(B)The priests mourn,
(C)the ministers of the Lord.
Joel 2:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)Between the (B)vestibule and the (C)altar
(D)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[a]
(E)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
Footnotes
- Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
Isaiah 61:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)but you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
(B)you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.
Ezekiel 45:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)It shall be the holy portion of the land. It shall be for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and approach the Lord to minister to him, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
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