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Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house; so I fell on my face.

Yahweh said to me, “Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of Yahweh’s house, and all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary. You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations, in that you have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add to all your abominations. You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”

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Then he brought me by the way of the gate of the north to the front of the temple,[a] and I looked,[b] and look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple[c] of Yahweh, and I fell on my face. And Yahweh said, “Son of man,[d] set your heart[e] and look with your eyes and with your ears hear everything[f] I am saying to you concerning all the statutes of the temple[g] of Yahweh and concerning all its laws,[h] and you must listen with your heart concerning the entrance of the temple[i] with all of the exits of the sanctuary. And you must say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Enough for you, house of Israel, of[j] all of your detestable things! At[k] your bringing foreigners[l] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,[m] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,[n] so[o] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things. And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but[p] you appointed them[q] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:4 Or “house”
  2. Ezekiel 44:4 Or “saw”
  3. Ezekiel 44:4 Or “house”
  4. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  5. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “pay close attention” or “listen closely”
  6. Ezekiel 44:5 Literally “all of which/what”
  7. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
  8. Ezekiel 44:5 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
  9. Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
  10. Ezekiel 44:6 Or “from”
  11. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “in”
  12. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “children/people of a foreign land”
  13. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “house”
  14. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “in/at your offering my food and fat and blood”
  15. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “and”
  16. Ezekiel 44:8 Or “and”
  17. Ezekiel 44:8 That is, foreigners