they ministered

1 Samuel 2:29, 30
Why, then, do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.' . . .

2 Kings 16:10-16
Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria. On seeing the altar in Damascus, King Ahaz sent Uriah the priest a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction. . . .

Isaiah 9:16
For those who guide this people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For the judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.

Malachi 2:8, 9
"But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi, " says the LORD of Hosts. . . .

Ezekiel 14:3, 4
"Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way? . . .

therefore

Ezekiel 20:6, 15, 23, 28
On that day I swore to them to bring them out of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:40-42
For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, . . .

Psalm 106:26
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their deeds.

Revelation 10:5, 6
Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven. . . .

and they shall

Ezekiel 44:10, 13
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. . . .