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Ezekiel 44:10

Sin

8 And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’

9 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

11 Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.

12 Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
KJV
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.
WEB
“‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.
ASV
But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
DARBY
But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;
BLB
Oh how the Levites who went far from Me in the straying of Israel, who went astray from Me after their idols, will indeed bear their iniquity!
ÅB
Ja, endog de levitter som gikk bort fra meg da Israel fór vill og forvillet seg bort fra meg etter sine motbydelige avguder, de skal bære sin misgjerning.
OTB
Men levittene som gikk langt fra meg da Israel gikk på avveie, som gikk på avveie fra meg etter sine avguder, skal bære straffen for sin misgjerning.
B1930
Ja, endog de levitter som gikk bort fra mig da Israel fór vill og forvillet sig bort fra mig efter sine motbydelige avguder, de skal bære sin misgjerning.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 48:11

    It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

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  • Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

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  • 2 Kings 23:8–9

    Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.

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  • Ezekiel 44:15

    But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.

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  • 1 Timothy 5:22

    Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

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  • Numbers 5:31

    The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

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  • Leviticus 19:8

    Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.

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  • Genesis 4:13

    But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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