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Ezekiel 44

Ezek. 44:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
that are gone awayf far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from me, when Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
g went astray
ta`ah (Hebrew #8582)
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Pronounce: taw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, which went astray away
ta`ah (Hebrew #8582)
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Pronounce: taw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
from me after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
their idols
gilluwl (Hebrew #1544)
from 1556; properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
KJV usage: idol.
Pronounce: ghil-lool'
Origin: or (shortened) gillul {ghil-lool'}
; they shall even bear
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
their iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
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2 Kings 23:8• 8And 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. (2 Kings 23:8)
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1 Tim. 5:22• 22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. (1 Tim. 5:22)

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Idolatry,
Israel,
Levites

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Ministry on This Verse

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the Levites.
Ezek. 44:15• 15But 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: (Ezek. 44:15)
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Ezek. 22:26• 26Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:26)
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Ezek. 48:11• 11It 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. (Ezek. 48:11)
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2 Kings 23:8‑9• 8And 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.
 9Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. (2 Kings 23:8‑9)
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2 Chron. 29:4‑5• 4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
 5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. (2 Chron. 29:4‑5)
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Neh. 9:34• 34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. (Neh. 9:34)
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Jer. 23:11• 11For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord. (Jer. 23:11)
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Zeph. 3:4• 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:4)
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1 Tim. 5:22• 22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. (1 Tim. 5:22)
bear.
Gen. 4:13• 13And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. (Gen. 4:13)
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Lev. 19:8• 8Therefore 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. (Lev. 19:8)
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Num. 5:31• 31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. (Num. 5:31)
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Psa. 38:4• 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (Psa. 38:4)
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Isa. 53:11• 11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (Isa. 53:11)
• Thus the Levites who had turned aside will feel their shame in the days of the kingdom. They are degraded from their proper work—at least in its higher parts—and are only allowed to do menial service for the sanctuary. (“Notes on Ezekiel 44:1-14” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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;