They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
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They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
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And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
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And they shall not come near unto Me, to minister unto Me in the priest's office, 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.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 44:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 18:3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.
- 2 Kings 23:9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn’t come up to Yahweh’s altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
- Ezekiel 16:61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your sisters, your elder sisters and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
- Ezekiel 32:20 They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes.
- Ezekiel 36:7 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are around you will bear their shame.’
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 44:13 And they shall not come near unto…
Eze 44:13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy [place]: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
Ver. 13. And they shall not come near unto me.] How great then was the love of the Lord Jesus to Peter and the rest of his disciples after his resurrection, as in sending them that sweet message, {Mar 16:7} so in readmitting them to the work of the ministry after so foul a revolt. {Joh 20:21-23} And doth he not the very same still for his poor sinful servants, who desire indeed to fear his name, but are often overtaken in a fault through infirmity of the flesh? Surely, Father Traves, said Mr Bradford, martyr, in a letter to him, I have clean forgotten God; I am all secure, idle, proud hearted, utterly void of brotherly love; I am envious, and disdain others; I am a very stark hypocrite, &c. {a} Thus he, and much more to like purpose, in his heavenly letters.
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{a} Acts and Mon., 1511.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They shall never be admitted to the office, nor…
They shall never be admitted to the office, nor employed in the proper work of a priest that ministers to me. They shall not come into the temple, much less into the oracle, nor have any part in the offering up of sacrifices on the altar, though they have meat, drink, and lodging about the temple; yet, as discarded servants, that are retained lest they starve.
They shall bear their shame; they shall be little regarded, but disesteemed, and put to shame, and this shall be part of their punishment. They shall be dealt with according to their abominations, i.e. their apostacy and idolatry, and bear the punishment thereof.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall not come near unto me, to…
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of priest unto me,.... To bring the sacrifice to the altar, and offer it there; to sprinkle the blood, or burn the fat, or the incense; to intercede for the people, or bless them; see Hos 4:6,
nor to come near to any of my holy things in the most holy place; to do any business, either in the holy or in the most holy place; to offer holy things, or eat of them. The sense is, that these degraded ministers, who had sinned so greatly, and had fallen so foully, though restored by repentance; yet should not preach the word, nor administer any ordinance:
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but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed; that is, the shame of their abominations, of their abominable principles and practices, which they have held and maintained; being publicly disgraced and degraded, and so notoriously distinguished.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Shall bear their shame - They shall be dealt…
Shall bear their shame - They shall be dealt with according to their abominations, and bear the punishment thereof.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Eze_44:13 is closely connected with Eze_44:12 … bear…
13. Eze_44:13 is closely connected with Eze_44:12 … bear their iniquity, and they shall not come near unto me.
in the most holy place] Rather: unto the things that are most holy. The words are in apposition with “my holy things.”
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues giving Ezekiel his message to the house of Israel.
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They
the Levites (Ezekiel 44:10)
They will not come near
"I will not permit them to come near." Yahweh does not want them to come to him the way a servant comes to a king to receive commands, as the descendants of Zadok will do (Ezekiel 40:46).
will bear their reproach and their guilt
"will be ashamed and suffer when I punish them"
disgusting actions
"the disgusting things you do." God was angry because the people were worshiping idols and false gods. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 5:9.
keepers
people who guard or take care of something
that is done in it
This can be translated in active form. AT: "that they need to do in it" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
priest
holy
reproach
guilt
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