Ezekiel 44:11

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
ministers	מְשָׁ֣רְתִ֔ים me.Sha.re.Tim	H8334	to attend as a menial or worshipper · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
sanctuary	בְמִקְדָּשִׁי֙ ve.mik.da.Shi	H4720	a consecrated thing or place · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
charge	פְּקֻדּוֹת֙ pe.ku.dOt	H6486	visitation (in many senses · noun, common feminine plural absolute
gates	שַׁעֲרֵ֣י sha.'a.Rei	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine plural construct
house	הַבַּ֔יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ministering	וּֽמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים u.me.sha.re.Tim	H8334	to attend as a menial or worshipper · conjunction + verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
house	הַבָּ֑יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
slay	יִשְׁחֲט֨וּ yish.cha.Tu	H7819	to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
offering	הָעֹלָ֤ה ha.'o.Lah	H5930	a step or (collectively · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sacrifice	הַזֶּ֙בַח֙ ha.Ze.vach	H2077	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	לָעָ֔ם la.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
stand	יַעַמְד֥וּ ya.'am.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
before	לִפְנֵיהֶ֖ם lif.nei.Hem	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
minister	לְשָֽׁרְתָֽם le.Sha.re.Tam	H8334	to attend as a menial or worshipper · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Numbers 16:9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himse…
2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till…
Numbers 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do…
1 Chronicles 26:1-19 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 Chronicles 30:17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for e…
Ezekiel 40:45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
Ezekiel 44:14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
Numbers 3:5-37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

Dictionary and topics

Minister — One who serves, as distinguished from the master. (1.) Heb. meshereth, applied to an attendant on one of superior rank, as to Joshua, the servant of Moses (Ex. 33:11), and to the servant of Elisha (2…
Burnt Offering, The · Required to be: For the people at large, killed and prepared by the Levites — Required to be: For the people at large, killed and prepared by the Levites
Sacrifices · The priests: Appointed to offer — The priests: Appointed to offer

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 44:11

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

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 44:11

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

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 44:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 44:4-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 44:10

Rashi on Ezekiel 44:11