The priests; so called from their office. The Levites; by descent from Levi, Jacob's son. Sons of Zadok; who was of Eleazar's family, to whose father Phinehas a covenant of salt insured the high priesthood, and all the honour, privileges, and advantages thereof, Numbers 25:12,13. Kept the charge; were constant, zealous, and faithful in their priestly office, and their duties in it. Went astray: this may possibly refer to that transgression in the matter of Baal-peor, of which Numbers 25:3 Psalms 106:28-30. See Ezekiel 44:10. They shall come near to me: see Ezekiel 40:46. To offer unto me the fat and the blood; to offer expiatory sacrifices, to make atonement and intercede for the people. This honour God put upon them for their integrity and constancy in the things of God.
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Ezekiel 44:15
15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: