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Ezekiel 44:10

Sin

8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

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.

11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.

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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 shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.

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  • Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

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  • 2 Kings 23:8–9

    And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.

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  • Ezekiel 44:15

    But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

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  • 1 Timothy 5:22

    Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

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  • Numbers 5:31

    Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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  • Leviticus 19:8

    Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

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  • Genesis 4:13

    And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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