Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin. New Living Translation And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me when Israel strayed away from me to worship idols must bear the consequences of their unfaithfulness. English Standard Version But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “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. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Neither the Levites who separated from me when the sons of Israel went astray from me after their idols, and they bore their evil Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version 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! Douay-Rheims Bible 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: English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'Some Levites went far away from me when Israel wandered off to follow their idols. They must be punished for their sins. Good News Translation 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. International Standard Version 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 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; Literal Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible 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. NET Bible "'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. New Revised Standard Version But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible “‘“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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Duties of the Levites…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. 10Surely 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. 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.… Cross References Numbers 18:23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites. 2 Kings 23:8 Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate. 2 Kings 23:9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests. Ezekiel 14:11 in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.'" Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. Ezekiel 44:12 Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 44:15 But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. Treasury of Scripture 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 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: 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. 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. bear 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 cut off from among his people. Numbers 5:31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. Jump to Previous Astray Bear Borne Consequences Far Idols Images Iniquity Israel Levites Punishment Right Sin Turning Wandered Wandering WayJump to Next Astray Bear Borne Consequences Far Idols Images Iniquity Israel Levites Punishment Right Sin Turning Wandered Wandering WayEzekiel 44 1. The east gate assigned only to the prince4. The priests reproved for polluting the sanctuary 9. Idolaters incapable of the priests office 15. The sons of Zadok are accepted thereto 17. Ordinances for the priests (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 Ezekiel 44:13), as often, emphatically of the Levitical priests. At the great schism of the northern kingdom these had remained true to the worship of Jehovah (2Chronicles 11:13); 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 (Leviticus 21:17-23), to minister in the more menial offices of the priesthood, but not to approach the altar (Ezekiel 44:11-14).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 (Numbers 3:6-13; Numbers 16:9), to minister to the priests when these sacrificed in the tabernacle (Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6), and in particular to keep the charge of the tabernacle, i.e. of the house and all its vessels (Numbers 1:53), as distinguished from the charge of the sanctuary and of the altar, which pertained to Aaron and his sons alone as priests (Numbers 18:2-6, 23). 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 (Deuteronomy 10:8), 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) Deuteronomy 18, 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) 2 Samuel 15:24, which associates with Zadok the priest, the Levites as carriers of the ark; (3) 1 Kings 8:4, in which the same distinction between the two bodies is recognized; . . . Hebrew Surelyכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֗ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi who אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that wandered away רָֽחֲקוּ֙ (rā·ḥă·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant from Me מֵֽעָלַ֔י (mê·‘ā·lay) Preposition-m | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against when Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc went astray, בִּתְע֤וֹת (biṯ·‘ō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray and who אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that wandered תָּע֣וּ (tā·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray away from Me מֵֽעָלַ֔י (mê·‘ā·lay) Preposition-m | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against after אַחֲרֵ֖י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part their idols, גִּלּֽוּלֵיהֶ֑ם (gil·lū·lê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1544: A log, an idol will bear the consequences וְנָשְׂא֖וּ (wə·nā·śə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take of their iniquity. עֲוֺנָֽם׃ (‘ă·wō·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity Links Ezekiel 44:10 NIVEzekiel 44:10 NLT Ezekiel 44:10 ESV Ezekiel 44:10 NASB Ezekiel 44:10 KJV Ezekiel 44:10 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 44:10 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 44:10 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 44:10 French Bible Ezekiel 44:10 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 44:10 But the Levites who went far (Ezek. 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