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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
But the Priests, the Levites the sons of Zadok, that kept the holy ordinances of my Sanctuary, when the children of Israel were gone from me: shall come to me, to do me service, to stand before me, and to offer me the fat and the blood, sayeth the LORD God.
Ezekiel 22:26
Thy priests break my law, and defile my Sanctuary. They put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither discern between the clean and unclean: they turn their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am unhallowed among them.
Ezekiel 48:11
Yea, this same place shall be the priests, that are of the children of Zadok and have kept my holy ordinance: which went not astray in the error of the children of Israel, like as the Levites are gone astray.
2 Kings 23:8
And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the hill altars where the priests did burn sacrifice, even from Geba to Beersheba. And he brake down the hill altars of the Gates, that were in the entering of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on the left hand of the gate of the city.
2 Chronicles 29:4
And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the east street,
Nehemiah 9:34
As for us: we have been ungodly, and our kings, princes, priests, and fathers have not done after thy law, nor regarded thy commandments, and thy earnest exhortations wherewith thou hast exhorted them,
Jeremiah 23:11
"For the prophets and the priests themselves are polluted hypocrites, and their wickedness have I found in my house, sayeth the LORD.
Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light persons and unfaithful men: her priests unhallow the Sanctuary, and do wrong under the pretence of the law.
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: Keep thyself pure.
Bear
Genesis 4:13
And Cain said unto the LORD, "My sin is greater, than that it may be forgiven.
Leviticus 19:8
And he that eateth it shall bear his sin, because he hath defiled the hallowed things of the LORD, and that soul shall perish from among his people.
Numbers 5:31
and the man shall be guiltless, and the wife shall bear her sin."
Psalm 38:4
For my wickednesses are gone over my head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear.
Isaiah 53:11
Because of the labour of his soul, he shall see and be satisfied. With his knowledge, he, being just, shall justify my servants: and that a great number. And he shall bear their iniquities.
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Jeremiah 33:18
neither shall the priests and Levites want one to offer always before me burnt offerings, to kindle the meat offerings, and to prepare the sacrifices."