Ezekiel 44:10

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֗ם hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
far	רָֽחֲקוּ֙ ra.cha.Ku	H7368	to widen (in any direction) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
astray	בִּתְע֤וֹת bit.'ot	H8582	to vacillate · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
away	תָּע֣וּ ta.'U	H8582	to vacillate · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
after	אַחֲרֵ֖י 'a.cha.Rei	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
idols	גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם gi.lu.lei.Hem	H1544	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
bear	וְנָשְׂא֖וּ ve.na.se.'U	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
iniquity	עֲוֹנָֽם 'a.vo.Nam	H5771	perversity · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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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…
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…
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 Be…
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 s…
1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
Genesis 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
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…
Numbers 5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:10-16

The Master of the house, being about to set up house again, takes account of his servants the priests, and sees who are fit to be turned out of their places and who to be kept in, and takes a course with them accordingly. I. Those who have been treacherous are degraded and put lower those Levites - or priests who were carried down the stream of the apostasy of Israel formerly, who went astray from God after their idols (Eze 44:10), who had complied with the idolatrous kings of Israel or Judah, who ministered to them before their idols (Eze 44:12), bowed with them in the house of Rimmon, or set up altars for them, as Urijah did for Ahaz, and so caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:10

Levites . . . shall . . . bear--namely, the punishment of their iniquity . . . Yet they shall be ministers--So Mark, a Levite, nephew of Barnabas (Act 4:36), was punished by Paul for losing an opportunity of bearing the cross of Christ, and yet was afterwards admitted into his friendship again, and showed his zeal (Act 13:13; Act 15:37; Col 4:10; Ti2 4:11). One may be a believer, and that too in a distinguished place, and yet lose some special honor--be acknowledged as pious, yet be excluded from some dignity [BENGEL]. charge at the gates--Better to be "a doorkeeper in the house of God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness" (Psa 84:10). Though standing as a mere doorkeeper, it is in…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:10

And the Levites that are gone away far from me - This refers to the schism of Jeroboam, who, when he set up a new worship, got as many of the priests and Levites to join him in his idolatry as he could. These, on the return from the captivity, should not be permitted to perform the functions of priests in the new temple; but they might be continued as keepers of all the charge of the house - be treasurers, guards of the temple, porters, etc.; see Eze 44:11-15. The whole of these passages refer to the period of time when the second temple was built.

The Church Fathers

How is it that in the book of Ezekiel, where a description is given of the future church and of the heavenly Jerusalem, the priests who have sinned are degraded to the rank of sacristans and doorkeepers, and although they are in the temple of God, that is, on the right hand, they are not among the rams but among the poorest of the sheep?
— Jerome, Against Jovinianus 2.28

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Dictionary and topics

Idolatry · They who practise: Go astray from God — They who practise: Go astray from God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 44:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 44:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:10-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:10

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 44:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 44:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 44:4-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 44:10

Rashi on Ezekiel 44:10