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Ezekiel 44:10

Among these *Levites were many priests. But God does not call them ‘priests’ here, because they were not still acceptable as priests. Instead he refers to them by the name of their family group, that is, the *Levites. Unlike the priests in verse 15, these ones were not loyal to God. They *worshipped false gods and they were responsible for great *sin. God would forgive them and he would allow them to serve him again. But their *sin had serious effects. Now they must serve him in a humble manner.

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See also Ezekiel 44:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 44:10. _AND THE LEVITES THAT ARE GONE AWAY FAR FROM ME_] This refers to the schism of Jeroboam, who, when he set up a new worship, got as many of the priests and Levites to join him in...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect. Ezekiel 44:4 THE NORTH GATE BEFORE THE HOUSE - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 44 _ 1. The outward eastern gate for the prince (Ezekiel 44:1) _ 2. The charge concerning the strangers and the rebellious tribes (Ezekiel 44:4) 3. The charge concerning the priests, the so...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LEVITES. The regulations that follow are among the most important in the book, and they have played a great part in the critical rearrangement of OT literature and the consequent reconstruction of...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LEVITES. These are distinguished here from the priests (15-27); see S2 and S1, above and consult note on Ezekiel 43:19. and Deuteronomy 17:2. ARE GONE AWAY. went astray. IDOLS. dirty idols. INIQ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Such services shall not be performed by foreigners any more, but by the Levites who formerly ministered at the high-places. Because of their sin in leading the house of Israel astray they shall bear t...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And the Levites_ BUT THE LEVITES WHICH WENT AWAY FAR FROM ME … AFTER THEIR IDOLS, THEY SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY, 11 AND SHALL BE MINISTERS &c. The clause "they shall be ministers" explains how these...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LEVITES THAT ARE GONE AWAY, &C.— Many of these desisted from attending upon God's service, and fell into idolatry, first in the general apostacy of the ten tribes, afterwards under Ahaz and other...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _2. The qualifications of the temple ministers (44:4-14_) TRANSLATION (4) Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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. the Levites that are gone away far from...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES Standing at the inner northern gate Ezekiel again saw the glory of God filling the Temple and was again addressed by the divine voice (Ezekiel 44:4). The Speaker first rebu...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ARE GONE AWAY] RV 'went'. The reference is to the worship at the high places, abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:8)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 hea...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י אִם ־הַ לְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָֽחֲקוּ֙ מֵֽ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE PRIESTHOOD Ezekiel 44:1 IN the last chapter we saw how the principle of holiness through separation was exhibited in the plan of a new Temple, round which the Theocracy of the future was to be co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The next section described the service of the new Temple. It commenced with the command that the eastern gate, through which Jehovah entered, must be kept closed, and that no man should be allowed to...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (d) 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. (d) The Levites who had committed idolatry...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Levites, or priests, (Haydock) who were seduced by Jeroboam, or offered victims on the high places, 4 Kings xxiii. 9. Such lost their privileges and were condemned to serve in the meanest offices. It...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here are very important commissions given to the Prophet to deliver to the people, all which are plain and express, and in which we find the sacred jealousy the Lord hath for his holy name and ordinan...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 44 makes known the fact that Jehovah is returned to His house, and the memorial of His having done so is preserved in that the door by which He entered is to remain for ever shut. The Prince a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LEVITES THAT ARE GONE AWAY FAR FROM ME,.... These Levites were priests, as appears from Ezekiel 44:13, who professed themselves Gospel preachers, ministers of the reformed churches; but depart...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _And the Levites._] The aposta...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _No stranger shall enter into my sanctuary_ To offer any sacrifice or oblation there, (see Ezekiel 44:7,) nor be suffered to go beyond the precincts appointed for proselytes. _The Levites that are gon...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Levites that are gone away far from Me, when Israel went astray, joining the people in their apostasy, in spite of better knowledge, WHICH WENT ASTRAY AWAY FROM ME AFTER THEIR IDOLS, in the id...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LEVITES; priests intended here, and indeed the sons or posterity of them are here intended; for this apostacy among them was elder than the eldest of them all. FAR FROM ME: idolaters go far from G...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 44:10 Levites H3881 far H7368 (H8804) Israel H3478 astray H8582 (H8800) away H8582 (H8804) after...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NON-ZADOKITE PRIESTS ARE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE INNER SANCTUARY BECAUSE OF THEIR PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION IN IDOLATRY (EZEKIEL 44:10). “But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Gate for the prince. God's glory filling the temple. The priests. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, sons of Zadok, prince. CONCLUSION: In the great temple of Jehovah in the kingdom age, Israel sha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 44:5. _Mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears._ Every thing seen in this vision of the temple, adumbrates celestial glory, and therefore demanded the most profound att...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into My sanctuary._ GOD’S CARE OF HIS ALTAR Is not this rather severe upon the stranger? The injunction does not rest upo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 44:10 The LEVITES are gatekeepers and temple attendants. These are suitable roles for a class of priests who had previously failed in their sacred duties (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE RELATION OF PRINCE AND PRIESTS TO THE TEMPLE (Chap. 44) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 44:1. “THE GATE OF THE OUTWARD SANCTUARY”—the court of the priests as distinguished from the Temple itself. “THIS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The prophet, having finished his account of the temple, or place of worship, proceeds, in the second section of his vision (Ezekiel 44-46.), to set forth the culture, or ritual, to be perfo...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER 44. ORDINANCES FOR THE PRINCE AND THE PRIESTHOOD. Ezekiel 44:1. _And he brought me again by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, that looks toward the east, and it was shut._ Ezekiel...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get to chapter 44, we come to a prophecy that is so often misinterpreted. And I must confess to you that I have often misinterpreted this prophecy. And as I read it more carefully and have r...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Kings 23:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Are gone away — By their idolatry....

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