Ezekiel 44:10
What does Ezekiel 44:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 44:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But 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
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862but--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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Moreover 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:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But 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;
Context
v.9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.
v.10This passage
v.11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 18:23
But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
- Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
- Isaiah 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
- Jeremiah 23:11
for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
- Numbers 5:31
And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.
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