Ezekiel 44:8
6 Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.
7 In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
9 This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.
10 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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’
- KJV
- And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
- WEB
- You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
- ASV
- And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
- DARBY
- And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
- BLB
- And you⁺ have not kept guard over My holy things, and you⁺ set [them] to keep guard over My sanctuary for you⁺!’
- ÅB
- Og dere tok ikke vare på det som var å vareta i mine helligdommer; men dere satte andre i stedet for dere til å ta vare på det jeg ville ha varetatt i min helligdom.
- OTB
- I stedet for å ta ansvar for mine hellige ting, utnevnte dere utlendinger til å ha ansvar for min helligdom.
- B1930
- Og I tok ikke vare på det som var å vareta i mine helligdommer; men I satte andre i stedet for eder til å ta vare på det jeg vilde ha varetatt i min helligdom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Read in contextEzekiel 40:45–46
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:32
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
Read in contextActs 7:53
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
Read in contextLeviticus 22:2–33
“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:1
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
Read in contextNumbers 18:3–5
And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
Read in context