Ezekiel 44:10

But as respecteth the Levites that were gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me, after their idols, they shall surely bear their iniquity;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

In Context

9Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, No son of the stranger, uncircumcised in heart, or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the sons of the stranger that are in the midst of the children of Israel.

11And they shall be in my sanctuary, servants, appointed to watch at the gates of the house, and to be servants for the house: these are they that shall slay the burnt-offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they shall stand before them to do the service for them.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:13And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

Numbers 5:31And the man shall be guiltless from iniquity; but this woman shall bear her iniquity.

2 Kings 23:8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high-places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba' to Beer-Sheba', and he pulled down the high-places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left at the gate of the city.

Nehemiah 9:34Also our kings, our priests, and our fathers have not executed thy law, and have not listened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst warn them.

Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous is recompensed on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are hypocrites: yea, in my own house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:5-10

Idolatry of the Levites. ( b. c. 574.) 4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord : and I fell upon my face. 5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord , and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. 6 And thou… Read the whole commentary →

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