Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled his temple.(A) And I fell facedown.(B) The Lord said to me, “Son of man, pay attention;(C) look with your eyes and listen with your ears to everything I tell you about all the statutes and laws of the Lord’s temple.(D) Take careful note of the entrance of the temple along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

The Levites’ Duties and Privileges

“Say to the rebellious people,(E) the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I have had enough(F) of all your detestable practices, house of Israel. When you brought in foreigners,(G) uncircumcised in both heart and flesh,(H) to occupy my sanctuary, you defiled my temple while you offered my food—the fat and the blood. You[a] broke my covenant by all your detestable practices. You have not kept charge of my holy things(I) but have appointed others to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.’

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  1. 44:7 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads They

Then He brought me by way of the (A)north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the (B)glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I (C)fell on my face. And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, [a](D)pay attention, see with your eyes and hear with your ears everything that I say to you concerning all the (E)statutes of the house of the Lord and all its laws; and [b]pay attention to the entrance of the house, with all the exits of the sanctuary. You shall say to the [c](F)rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord [d]God says: “(G)Enough of all your abominations, house of Israel, when you brought in (H)foreigners, (I)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, My house, when you (J)offered My food, the fat, and the blood and they (K)broke My covenant—this in addition to all your abominations. And you have not [e](L)taken responsibility for My holy things yourselves, but you have appointed foreigners [f]to take responsibility for My sanctuary.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
  2. Ezekiel 44:5 Lit set your heart
  3. Ezekiel 44:6 Lit rebellion
  4. Ezekiel 44:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  5. Ezekiel 44:8 Lit kept charge of
  6. Ezekiel 44:8 Lit as keepers of duty to Me in My