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Priest Turning to Idolatry Worship


  Illustration. Commentators suggest the 25 men worshiping the sun in Ezek. 8:16 were priests. They are in a court only priests were allowed to enter (2 Chron. 4:9). The 25 represent the 24 shifts who served the temple plus the high priest.

This is the ultimate sin: those commissioned to serve God turn from Him to worship a nature deity.


Richards, Lawrence O. The Bible Reader’s Companion. electronic ed. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1991. Print.
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