Ezekiel 44:12

The Levites Are Excluded From The Priesthood

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. ¹² Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity. ¹³ And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

Bear Their Iniquity

Children of Israel

For This Cause

House of Israel

Lifted Up

Made a Vow

My People

Other Gods

Says the Lord

Stumbling Block

Declares The Lord

Israel

Jehovah

Sin

2 Kings 16:10-16

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

Psalm 106:26

Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,

Ezekiel 14:3-4

Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

Ezekiel 20:15

Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

Ezekiel 20:23

Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;

Ezekiel 44:10

But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

Deuteronomy 32:40-42

For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

1 Samuel 2:29-30

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

Isaiah 9:16

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Ezekiel 20:6

in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

Ezekiel 20:28

For when I had brought them into the land, which I sware to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.

Ezekiel 44:13

And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Amos 8:7

Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Malachi 2:8-9

But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Revelation 10:5-6

And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,