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Ezekiel 44:10

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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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Ezekiel 48:11It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.Ezekiel 22:26Her 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 14:11in 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.’”2 Kings 23:8–9Then 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.1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.Ezekiel 44:15But 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.Ezekiel 44:12Because 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.Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.Numbers 18:23The 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.Nehemiah 9:34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.Numbers 5:31The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.Leviticus 19:8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.Genesis 4:13But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.2 Chronicles 29:4–5Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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