Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
General references
Bible References
The levites
Ezekiel 44:15
“But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, will approach Me to serve Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel 48:11
It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
2 Kings 23:8
Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, 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 (on the left at the city gate).
2 Chronicles 29:4
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.
Nehemiah 9:34 Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors
did not obey Your law
or listen to Your commands
and warnings You gave them.
did not obey Your law
or listen to Your commands
and warnings You gave them.
Jeremiah 23:11 because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are reckless—
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary;
they do violence to instruction.
1 Timothy 5:22
Don’t be too quick to appoint anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Bear
Genesis 4:13
But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear!
Leviticus 19:8
Anyone who eats it will bear his punishment, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person must be cut off from his people.
Numbers 5:31
The husband will be free of guilt, but that woman will bear the consequences of her guilt.”
Psalm 38:4 For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
Isaiah 53:11 He will see it out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous Servant will justify many,
and He will carry their iniquities.
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous
and He will carry their iniquities.
General references
Jeremiah 33:18
The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”