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they shall even bear their iniquity. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/44.htm">New King James Version</a> “And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me following their idols, shall suffer the punishment for their wrongdoing. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/44.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “But the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear the punishment for their sin and guilt. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Surely the Levites who wandered away from me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their sin. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/44.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Some of the Levites turned their backs on me and joined the other people of Israel in worshiping idols. So these Levites must be punished! <a href="/erv/ezekiel/44.htm">English Revised Version</a> But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from me after their idols; they shall bear their iniquity. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> " 'Some Levites went far away from me when Israel wandered off to follow their idols. They must be punished for their sins. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/44.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said to me, "I am punishing those Levites who, together with the rest of the people of Israel, deserted me and worshiped idols. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/44.htm">International Standard Version</a> But the descendants of Levi, who went far away from me when Israel abandoned me, who left me to follow their idols, are to bear the punishment of their iniquity. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/ezekiel/44.htm">NET Bible</a> "'But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the Levites that have gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. <a href="/web/ezekiel/44.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘“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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the Levites who have gone far off from Me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> but -- the Levites who have gone far off from me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> But the Levites who went far off from me, in the going astray of Israel who went astray from me after the blocks; and they bare their iniquity.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Moreover the Levites that went away far from me, when the children of Israel went astray, and have wandered from me after their idols, and have borne their iniquity: <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/44.htm">New American Bible</a> As for the Levites who went far away from me when Israel strayed from me after their idols, they will bear the consequences of their sin. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Neither shall the Levites who went away far from me when Israel went astray from me after their idols, and who have borne their iniquity. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Neither the Levites who separated from me when the sons of Israel went astray from me after their idols, and they bore their evil<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=13420" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/44.htm">The Duties of the Levites</a> …9This 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. 10<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/7368.htm" title="7368: rā·ḥă·qū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To be or become far or distant. A primitive root; to widen, i.e. recede or remove.">wandered away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lay (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">when Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: biṯ·‘ō·wṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">went astray,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">and who</a> <a href="/hebrew/8582.htm" title="8582: tā·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To err. A primitive root; to vacillate, i.e. Reel or stray; also causative of both.">wandered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lay (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">away from Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: gil·lū·lê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">their idols,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">will bear the consequences</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">of their iniquity.</a> 11Yet 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a> Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. / So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD. <a href="/numbers/16-1.htm">Numbers 16:1-35</a> Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted / a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly. / They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?” ... <a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">1 Samuel 2:12-17</a> Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD / or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. ... <a href="/1_kings/12-31.htm">1 Kings 12:31-33</a> Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites. / And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up. / On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense. <a href="/2_kings/17-32.htm">2 Kings 17:32-33</a> So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places. / They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">2 Chronicles 29:6-7</a> For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him. / They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Jeremiah 2:8</a> The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols. <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Jeremiah 23:11</a> “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6-9</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. / The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace. / They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. ... <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8-9</a> But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts. / “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.” <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/matthew/23-1.htm">Matthew 23:1-3</a> Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: / “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. / So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. <a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12-13</a> The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. <a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28-30</a> Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. / I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. / Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the Levites<a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15</a> 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:<a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a> 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.<a href="/ezekiel/48-11.htm">Ezekiel 48:11</a> 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.bear<a href="/genesis/4-13.htm">Genesis 4:13</a> And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.<a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Leviticus 19:8</a> 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.<a href="/numbers/5-31.htm">Numbers 5:31</a> Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-49.htm">Consequences</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-9.htm">Far</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-9.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-23.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-19.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-26.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-24.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-6.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-19.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-4.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Borne</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Consequences</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-15.htm">Far</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Images</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Right</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-12.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-7.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Wandered</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 44</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/44-1.htm">The east gate assigned only to the prince</a> 4. <a href="/ezekiel/44-4.htm">The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary</a> 9. <a href="/ezekiel/44-9.htm">Idolaters incapable of the priests office</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/44-17.htm">Ordinances for the priests</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Their wandering signifies a departure from their sacred responsibilities. This phrase highlights the seriousness of their apostasy, as they were meant to be spiritual leaders. The Levites' unfaithfulness is a reflection of Israel's broader spiritual decline, as seen in passages like <a href="/malachi/2-8.htm">Malachi 2:8</a>, where the priests are rebuked for leading people astray.when Israel went astray This refers to the period of widespread idolatry and disobedience among the Israelites, which led to their exile. The historical context includes the division of the kingdom after Solomon's reign and the subsequent idolatry that plagued both Israel and Judah. The phrase underscores the collective nature of the nation's sin, as seen in <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a>, where the reasons for Israel's exile are detailed.and who wandered away from Me after their idols Idolatry was a persistent issue for Israel, often involving the worship of Canaanite gods like Baal and Asherah. This phrase indicates a deliberate choice to abandon God for false deities, violating the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). The Levites' participation in idolatry is particularly grievous given their role as spiritual leaders. This mirrors the warning in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-23.htm">Deuteronomy 4:23-28</a> about the consequences of idolatry.will bear the consequences of their iniquity The consequences refer to the judgment and punishment that would come upon the Levites for their unfaithfulness. This is consistent with the principle of divine justice found throughout Scripture, such as in <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a>, where the Israelites face consequences for their rebellion. The phrase also foreshadows the eventual restoration and purification of the priesthood, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/44-15.htm">Ezekiel 44:15</a>, where faithful Levites are promised a renewed role in temple service.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> A tribe in Israel set apart for religious duties, particularly in the temple. They were responsible for assisting the priests and maintaining the sanctuary. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, often depicted in the Old Testament as struggling with faithfulness to God, frequently turning to idolatry. 3. <a href="/topical/i/idols.htm">Idols</a> Objects or entities worshipped in place of the one true God, often leading Israel away from their covenant relationship with Him. 4. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile who conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration to the Israelites. 5. <a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity</a> Refers to sin or moral wrongdoing, particularly in the context of turning away from God to follow idols.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">The Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a> The Levites' failure to remain faithful to God serves as a warning about the serious consequences of turning away from Him. It reminds us that our actions have spiritual repercussions. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a> Just as the Levites were set apart for God's service, believers today are called to live lives that reflect God's holiness and righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can include anything that takes precedence over God in our lives. We must be vigilant in identifying and removing idols from our hearts. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God is just and holds us accountable for our sins, He is also merciful and provides opportunities for repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">The Role of Spiritual Leaders</a> Spiritual leaders, like the Levites, have a responsibility to guide others in faithfulness to God. This calls for integrity and dedication to God's truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 44</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_zechariah_10_2's_claims.htm">Zechariah 10:2: Is there any archaeological evidence to support or refute the condemnation of idol worship and divination here?</a> <a href="/q/why_are_'creeping_things'_in_the_temple.htm">In Ezekiel 8:10, why would the temple contain images of 'creeping things' if this contradicts the temple's strict laws against idolatry?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_priests'_inheritances_align_biblically.htm">Ezekiel 44:28 indicates priests have no inheritance apart from the Lord--how does this align with land allotment practices known from other biblical or historical sources?</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_44's_temple_purely_symbolic.htm">Ezekiel 44's temple regulations appear highly specific, yet no archaeological site conclusively matches this description--could this be evidence the prophecy was purely symbolic or never fulfilled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) And the Levites that are gone away.--The connection between this and the preceding verse is made clearer by translating the first words, "Yea, even;" not only the uncircumcised in heart among the heathen are to be excluded from the sanctuary, but even the Levites who had apostatised are to bear their guilt. Levites is here used (see <a href="/ezekiel/44-13.htm" title="And they shall not come near to me, to do the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.">Ezekiel 44:13</a>), as often, emphatically of the Levitical priests. At the great schism of the northern kingdom these had remained true to the worship of Jehovah (<a href="/2_chronicles/11-13.htm" title="And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.">2Chronicles 11:13</a>); but in the subsequent general religious declension many of them, as has appeared from Ezekiel 8, had fallen into idolatry. Such priests are to be allowed, like the priests under the law who had any physical blemish (<a href="/context/leviticus/21-17.htm" title="Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be of your seed in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.">Leviticus 21:17-23</a>), to minister in the more menial offices of the priesthood, but not to approach the altar (<a href="/context/ezekiel/44-11.htm" title="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 to them.">Ezekiel 44:11-14</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 10-14. - The ordinance for the Levites. According to the so-called priest-code, the Levites were Levi's descendants, who were chosen by Jehovah for service in the tabernacle (<a href="/numbers/3-6.htm">Numbers 3:6-13</a>; <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Numbers 16:9</a>), to minister to the priests when these sacrificed in the tabernacle (<a href="/numbers/8-19.htm">Numbers 8:19</a>; <a href="/numbers/18-6.htm">Numbers 18:6</a>), and in particular to keep the charge of the tabernacle, i.e. of the house and all its vessels (<a href="/numbers/1-53.htm">Numbers 1:53</a>), as distinguished from the charge of the sanctuary and of the altar, which pertained to Aaron and his sons alone as priests (<a href="/numbers/18-2.htm">Numbers 18:2-6, 23</a>). The Deuteronomic code, says Wellhausen ('Geschichte Israels,' pp. 121, etc.), was unacquainted with any such distinction between Levites and priests, who, it is alleged, composed one homogeneous body, the tribe of Levi, whose members were equally empowered to officiate at the altar (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Deuteronomy 10:8</a>), the lower duties of the tabernacle having been performed by the aforesaid strangers, and the subordination of Levites to priests having first been suggested by Ezekiel (comp. Smend, 'Der Prophet Ezekiel,' p. 361, "Der unterschied zwischen Priestern und Leviten ist hier im Enstehn begriffen"), and first formally carried out alter the exile. This theory, however, cannot be admitted as made out in face of (1) <a href="/deuteronomy/18.htm">Deuteronomy 18</a>, which (ver. 1) recognizes "the priests" and" the Levites" as constituting "the whole tribe of Levi," and (ver. 3, 6) distinguishes between "the priest" and "the Levite;" (2) <a href="/2_samuel/15-24.htm">2 Samuel 15:24</a>, which associates with Zadok the priest, the Levites as carriers of the ark; (3) <a href="/1_kings/8-4.htm">1 Kings 8:4</a>, in which the same distinction between the two bodies is recognized; . . . <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Surely כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi who אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that wandered away רָֽחֲקוּ֙ (rā·ḥă·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7368.htm">Strong's 7368: </a> To be or become far or distant from Me מֵֽעָלַ֔י (mê·‘ā·lay) Preposition-m | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against when Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc went astray, בִּתְע֤וֹת (biṯ·‘ō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray and who אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that wandered תָּע֣וּ (tā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8582.htm">Strong's 8582: </a> To vacillate, reel, stray away from Me מֵֽעָלַ֔י (mê·‘ā·lay) Preposition-m | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against after אַחֲרֵ֖י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part their idols, גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם (gil·lū·lê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> A log, an idol will bear the consequences וְנָשְׂא֖וּ (wə·nā·śə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take of their iniquity. עֲוֺנָֽם׃ (‘ă·wō·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/44-10.htm">Ezekiel 44:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-10.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 44:10 But the Levites who went far (Ezek. 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