Ezekiel 44:8
6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear 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
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:45–46
And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:32
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
Read in contextActs 7:53
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Read in contextLeviticus 22:2–33
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Read in contextNumbers 18:3–5
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:13
I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
Read in context