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12 because[a] they used to serve them before[b] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore[c] concerning them,” declares[d] the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all of[e] my holy objects, to the most holy objects, [f] and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. 14 And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of[g] the temple, for all of its work[h] and everything [i]which will be done in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “because that”
  2. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “to the face of”
  3. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “I raised my hand”
  4. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “declaration of”
  5. Ezekiel 44:13 Or “any of”
  6. Ezekiel 44:13 Literally “to the holy objects of the holy objects”
  7. Ezekiel 44:14 Or “toward”
  8. Ezekiel 44:14 Or “tasks”
  9. Ezekiel 44:14 Literally “all”