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Ezekiel 43:19

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

You need to give the Levite priests who are descendants of Zadok — the ones who come close to serve me — a young bull as a sin offering. That's what the Lord God says.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Even those who serve God need forgiveness — nobody's perfect, not even the priests.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The prophet Ezekiel wrote this book to the Jewish exiles living in Babylon during the early 6th century BCE. It was written to provide hope and a vision of future restoration, including a new temple and renewed worship, for a people displaced from their homeland and temple.

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2 Chronicles 29:21
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. King Hezekiah commanded the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to offer these animals on the LORD's altar.
2 Chronicles 35:14
After that, they prepared food for themselves and for the priests, because the priests (who were descendants of Aaron) were busy offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until nighttime. So the Levites prepared meals for themselves and for the priests who were Aaron's descendants.
Leviticus 6:18
All the male descendants of Aaron are allowed to eat from these offerings. This is a permanent law for all future generations regarding the LORD's fire offerings: anyone who touches these holy offerings must be ceremonially clean and set apart.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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