Ezekiel 44:4-8
Lexham English Bible
4 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. 5 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. 6 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! 7 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. 8 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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- Ezekiel 44:4 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:4 Or “saw”
- Ezekiel 44:4 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:5 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 44:5 Or “pay close attention” or “listen closely”
- Ezekiel 44:5 Literally “all of which/what”
- Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:5 According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS
- Ezekiel 44:5 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:6 Or “from”
- Ezekiel 44:7 Or “in”
- Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “children/people of a foreign land”
- Ezekiel 44:7 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “in/at your offering my food and fat and blood”
- Ezekiel 44:7 Or “and”
- Ezekiel 44:8 Or “and”
- Ezekiel 44:8 That is, foreigners
Ezekiel 44:4-8
Common English Bible
Foreigners, Levites, Zadokites
4 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. 5 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] 6 Speak to the rebels, to the house of Israel, The Lord God proclaims: Enough of your detestable practices, house of Israel! 7 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. 8 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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- Ezekiel 44:5 Or exits
- Ezekiel 44:7 LXX, Syr, Vulg; MT they
- Ezekiel 44:8 Heb lacks them.
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