Ezekiel 44:15

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. 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.