Ezekiel 44:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 44:10

8 And you have not ^akept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”

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.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 44:10

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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.

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 iniquity {and} guilt.

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!

Darby English Version
But 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;

Good News Bible
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.

King James Version
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 American 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.

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 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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"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.

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.

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.

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