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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

Those Admitted to the Temple

Also He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the [a]temple; so I looked, and (A)behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord; (B)and I fell on my face. And the Lord said to me, (C)“Son of man, [b]mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the (D)ordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary.

“Now say to the (E)rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “O house of Israel, (F)let Us have no more of all your abominations. (G)When you brought in (H)foreigners, (I)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered (J)My food, (K)the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations. And you have not (L)kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:4 Lit. house
  2. Ezekiel 44:5 Lit. set your heart