Ezekiel 44 · Verse 10

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.
Ezekiel 44:10, King James Version

Ezekiel 44:10 in other translations

BSBSurely 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.
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.
ASVBut the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
YLTbut--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.
DARBYBut 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;
BBEBut as for the Levites, who went far from me, when Israel went out of the right way, turning away from me to go after their images; their punishment will come on them.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Ezekiel 44:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 44:10-11
10-11. Levites ... shall ... bear--namely, the punishment of their iniquity ... Yet they shall be ministers--So Mark, a Levite, nephew of Barnabas (Ac 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 (Ac 13:13; 15:37; Col 4:10; 2Ti 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 the house of God, which hath foundations: whereas he who dwells with the wicked, dwells in but shifting tents.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 44:10 in the original Hebrew

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כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
הַלְוִיִּ֗םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
רָֽחֲקוּ֙ra.cha.Kuthey became distantH7368
מֵֽעָלַ֔יme.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921
בִּתְע֤וֹתbit.'otwhen went astrayH8582
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
תָּע֣וּta.'Uthey went astrayH8582
מֵֽעָלַ֔יme.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921
אַחֲרֵ֖י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑םgi.lu.lei.Hemidols theirH1544
וְנָשְׂא֖וּve.na.se.'Uand they will bearH5375
עֲוֹנָֽם\׃'a.vo.Naminiquity theirH5771

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Cross references for Ezekiel 44:10

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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. Nevertheless 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.

  • 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:

  • 1 Timothy 5:22

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

  • Numbers 5:31

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

  • 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.

  • Genesis 4:13

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

  • Nehemiah 9:34

    Neither 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:4-5

    And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, And 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.

  • Zephaniah 3:4

    Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

  • Jeremiah 23:11

    For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Levites.
15; 22:26; 48:11; 2Ki 23:8,9; 2Ch 29:4,5; Ne 9:34; Jer 23:11
Zep 3:4; 1Ti 5:22
bear.
Ge 4:13; Le 19:8; Nu 5:31; Ps 38:4; Isa 53:11

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Context

  • Ezekiel 44:9

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Ezekiel 44:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los Levitas que se apartaron lejos de mí cuando Israel erró, el cual se desvió de mí en pos de sus ídolos, llevarán su iniquidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais les Lévites, qui se sont éloignés de moi dans les égarements d’Israël par lesquels ils se sont égarés d’auprès de moi en allant après leurs idoles, porteront leur iniquité,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wahrlich, die Leviten, die sich von mir entfernt haben bei der Verirrung Israels, welches von mir abgeirrt ist, seinen Götzen nach, sie sollen ihre Missetat tragen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sed et Levitæ qui longe recesserunt a me in errore filiorum Israël, et erraverunt a me post idola sua, et portaverunt iniquitatem suam,