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worthily one walked before God.

Ezekiel 44:10-16

"But the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who went astray
from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. Yet they shall

be ministers in My sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house and
ministering in the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for

the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. Because they
ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the

house of Israel, therefore I have sworn against them," declares Yahweh God, "that
they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. And they shall not come near to Me

to serve as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the things that
are most holy; but they shall bear their shame and their abominations which they

have committed. Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its
service, and of all that shall be done in it. But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok,

who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall

come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the
fat and the blood," declares Yahweh God. "They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall
come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge.”

What a tremendous loss was incurred by the disobedient priests who went with the
people in the pursuit of their idols. They were relegated to the service of the building. They
were forbidden to serve directly in God’s presence. They could not come near unto Him, nor

unto any of His holy things, the things considered most holy. Their service was a service of

the Outer Court as is indicated in verse 11:

Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the
house and ministering in the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the

sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

Your current love and passion for God will determine whether you see the above
passage and its judgment on the idolatrous priests as tragic or not. Some may think that