2 Kings 23:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֗ךְ לֹ֤א יַֽעֲלוּ֙ כֹּהֲנֵ֣י הַבָּמ֔וֹת אֶל־מִזְבַּ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם כִּ֛י אִם־אָכְל֥וּ מַצּ֖וֹת בְּת֥וֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾaḵ not yaʿălû kōhănê ha-bāmôt to mizbaḥ YHWH in bîrûšālāim but kî if-ʾāḵəlû maṣṣôt in midst ʾăḥêhem.

Grammar Details

*ʾaḵ*: adverb - but/surely/however
*yaʿălû*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - they did not go up
*kōhănê*: noun masculine plural construct - priests of
*ha-bāmôt*: definite article + noun feminine plural - the high places
*mizbaḥ*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to altar of
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH
*bîrûšālāim*: preposition + proper noun - in Jerusalem
*kî*: conjunction - but/except
*ʾāḵəlû*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd common plural - they ate
*maṣṣôt*: noun feminine plural - unleavened bread
*ʾăḥêhem*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in midst their brothers

Word Meanings

*ʾaḵ*: but/surely/however/nevertheless
*yaʿălû*: they went up/ascended/offered
*kōhănê*: priests of
*ha-bāmôt*: the high places/shrines
*mizbaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*bîrûšālāim*: in Jerusalem [place name]
*kî*: but/except/only
*ʾāḵəlû*: they ate/consumed
*maṣṣôt*: unleavened bread/matzot
*ʾăḥêhem*: their brothers/colleagues/fellow priests

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 44:10-14 : 10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to 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 caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. 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. 14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
Ezek 44:29-31 : 29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Mal 2:8-9 : 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
1 Sam 2:36 : 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

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2 Kgs 23:8
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8And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
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9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
10But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
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22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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Exod 29:23
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