Verse 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 , 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 .
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