Ezekiel 48:11

“For the priests who are consecrated, of the sons of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.”

Ezekiel 48:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 48:11, word by word

For the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

Where else “kohanim” appears
who are consecratedמְקֻדָּשׁmekudash

consecrate

To set apart people, things or a day for God.

Where else “mekudash” appears
of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Zadokצָדוֹקtsadok

Zadok

Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."

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keptשָׁמְרוּshamru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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my chargeמִשְׁמַרְתִּmishmarti

charge

What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.

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go astrayתָעוּtau

wander, go astray

Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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The context

10And for these shall be the holy contribution: for the priests, to the north, twenty-five thousand, and toward the sea, in width, ten thousand, and toward the east, in width, ten thousand, and toward the south, in length, twenty-five thousand; and the sanctuary of YHWH shall be in its midst.

11 · This verse (above)

12And it shall be for them a portion set apart from the contribution of the land, a most holy place, beside the border of the Levites.

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