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.
iniquity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment due to it. Reif, 'avah. App-44.
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
ARE GONE AWAY] RV 'went'. The reference is to the worship at the high places, abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:8)....
EZEKIEL’S LAST *VISION EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 40 TO 48 _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS; TRANSLATION: IAN MACKERVOY._ CHAPTER 44 THE EAST GATE – EZEKIEL 44:1-3 V1 Then the man brought me back to the outer...
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...
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...
כִּ֣י אִם ־הַ לְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָֽחֲקוּ֙ מֵֽ
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE STATUS OF THE PRINCE, THE LEVITES, AND THE PRIESTS...
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...
Ezekiel 44:10 Levites H3881 far H7368 (H8804) Israel H3478 astray H8582 (H8800) away H8582 (H8804) after...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Chronicles 29:4; 2 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Kings 23:8;...
Are gone away — By their idolatry....