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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

Foreigners, Levites, Zadokites

Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and suddenly the Lord’s glory filled the Lord’s temple, and I fell on my face. Then the Lord said to me: Human one, pay close attention! Use your eyes and ears and listen to all that I say to you concerning the regulations of the Lord’s temple and all its instructions. Pay close attention to the access to the temple through all the sanctuary portals.[a] Speak to the rebels, to the house of Israel, The Lord God proclaims: Enough of your detestable practices, house of Israel! You made my temple unclean because you brought into my sanctuary foreigners who were physically and spiritually uncircumcised. When you offered my food of fat and blood to me, you[b] broke my covenant with all your detestable practices. You didn’t keep charge of my holy things. On the contrary, you appointed them[c] to keep charge in my sanctuary for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:5 Or exits
  2. Ezekiel 44:7 LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT they
  3. Ezekiel 44:8 Heb lacks them.