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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