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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

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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Footnotes

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