Ezekiel 40:45
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And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.

whose

Ezekiel 8:5 And he said to me: Son of man, lift up thy eyes towards the way of the north, and I lifted up my eyes towards the way of the north: and behold on the north side of the gate of the altar the idol of jealousy in the very entry.

the keepers

Leviticus 8:35 Day and night shall you remain in the tabernacle observing the watches of the Lord, lest you die. For so it hath been commanded me.

Numbers 3:27,28,32,38 Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names: . . .

Numbers 18:5 Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the children of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

1 Chronicles 9:23 As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

2 Chronicles 13:11 And they offer holocausts to the Lord, every day, morning and evening, and incense made according to the ordinance of the law, and the loaves are set forth on a most clean table, and there is with us the golden candlestick, and the lamps thereof, to be lighted always in the evening: for we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.

Psalm 134:1 A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Malachi 2:4-7 And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. . . .

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called.

Revelation 1:6 And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

charge.

Context
Rooms for the Priests
44And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singing men in the inner court, which was on the side of the gate that looketh to the north: and their prospect was towards the south, one at the side of the east gate, which looketh toward the north. 45And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple.46But the chamber that looketh towards the north shall be for the priests that watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Sadoc, who among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord, to minister to him.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:23
As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

Psalm 134:1
A gradual canticle. Behold now bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord: Who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Ezekiel 40:17
And he brought me into the outward court, and behold there were chambers, and a pavement of stone in the court round about: thirty chambers encompassed the pavement.

Ezekiel 40:38
And at every chamber was a door in the forefronts of the gates: there they washed the holocaust.

Ezekiel 44:11
They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers of the gates of the house, and ministers to the house: they shall slay the holocausts, and the victims of the people: and they shall stand in their sight, to minister to them.

Ezekiel 44:15
But the priests, and Levites, the sons of Sadoc, who kept the ceremonies of my sanctuary, when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me, to minister to me: and they shall stand before me, to offer me the fat, and the blood, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 45:4
The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to the ministry of the Lord: and it shall be a place for their houses, and for the holy place of the sanctuary.

Lexicon
Then the man said
וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to me:
אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

“The
זֹ֣ה (zōh)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2090: This, that

chamber
הַלִּשְׁכָּ֗ה (hal·liš·kāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

that
אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

faces
פָּנֶ֙יהָ֙ (pā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

south
הַדָּר֔וֹם (had·dā·rō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1864: The south, poet, the south wind

is for the priests
לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (lak·kō·hă·nîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

who have
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י (šō·mə·rê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

charge
מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of the temple,
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house.

And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is towards the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.

He said to me, This room, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the duty of the house;

And he speaketh unto me: 'This chamber, whose front is southward, is for priests keeping charge of the house;
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