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Ezekiel 44:11
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9 Thus says the Lord God: a“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.  

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10 a“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.  
11 Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, aas gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; bthey shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and cthey shall stand before them to minister to them.  
12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and acaused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore I have braised My hand in an oath against them,” says the Lord God, “that they shall bear their iniquity.  
13 aAnd they shall not come near Me to minister to Me as priest, nor come near any of My holy things, nor into the Most Holy Place; but they shall bbear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.  
14 Nevertheless I will make them akeep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.  
15 a“But the priests, the Levites, bthe sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary cwhen the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they dshall stand before Me to offer to Me the efat and the blood,” says the Lord God.  
16 “They shall aenter My sanctuary, and they shall come near bMy table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.  
17 And it shall be, whenever they enter the gates of the inner court, that athey shall put on linen garments; no wool shall come upon them while they minister within the gates of the inner court or within the house.  
18 aThey shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezekiel 44:10-11

Levites . . . shall . . . bear—namely, the punishment of

their iniquity . . . Yet they shall be ministers—So Mark, a Levite, nephew of Barnabas (Acts 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 (Acts 13:13; Acts 15:37; Colossians 4:10; II Timothy 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" (Psalms 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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