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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
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Bible References
The levites
Ezekiel 44:15
"The descendants of Zadok, Levitical priests who took care of my sanctuary when the Israelis wandered away from me, are to come near me to minister to me. They are to stand before me to offer the fat and the blood to me," declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my Law and profaned my sacred things. They didn't differentiate between what's sacred and what's common. They didn't instruct others to discern clean from unclean things. They refused to keep my Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 48:11
It is to be for use by priests from the descendants of Zadok, who have observed the things with which I charged them and who did not wander astray when the Israelis went astray, just as the descendants of Levi wandered astray.
2 Kings 23:8
Then he gathered together all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He also demolished the high places of the gates that had been erected to the left as one enters the city gate that is, near the entrance operated by Joshua, the governor of the city.
2 Chronicles 29:4
Then he brought in the priests and descendants of Levi, gathered them into the square in the eastern part of the Temple,
Nehemiah 9:34
Furthermore, neither our kings, nor our leaders, nor our priests nor our ancestors have practiced your Law or paid attention to your commands and warnings by which you admonished them.
Jeremiah 23:11
Indeed, both priest and prophet are ungodly. Even in my house I find evil," declares the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:4
Its prophets are arrogant and treacherous. Its priests have contaminated the sanctuary. They give perverse interpretations of the Law.
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not ordain anyone hastily. Do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
Bear
Genesis 4:13
"My punishment is too great to bear," Cain told the LORD.
Leviticus 19:8
Anyone who eats it will bear the punishment of his sin, since he will have defiled himself regarding the LORD's holy things. That person is to be eliminated from contact with his people."
Numbers 5:31
The husband will be free from guilt, but the wife is to bear the punishment of her iniquity."
Psalm 38:4
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.
Isaiah 53:11
Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light and find satisfaction. And through his knowledge his servant, the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.
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Jeremiah 33:18
nor will the Levitical priests be without a man offering up burnt offerings, bringing in grain offerings, and offering sacrifices continuously before me.'"