the priests.

Ezekiel 44:10-14
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. . . .

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. . . .

but they did.

1 Samuel 2:36
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, "Please appoint me to some priestly office, so that I may eat a piece of bread."'"

Ezekiel 44:29-31
They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. . . .