Ezekiel 44:9-14
Lexham English Bible
9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner[a] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners[b] who are in the midst of the Israelites.[c] 10 But[d] the Levites who removed themselves from me at the going astray of Israel,[e] who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. 11 Then they will be[f] in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries[g] at the gates of the temple[h] and as those serving the temple;[i] they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them[j] to serve them, 12 because[k] they used to serve them before[l] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore[m] concerning them,” declares[n] the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all of[o] my holy objects, to the most holy objects, [p] and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. 14 And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility of[q] the temple, for all of its work[r] and everything [s]which will be done in it.
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- Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
- Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
- Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Ezekiel 44:10 Literally “For if”
- Ezekiel 44:10 Or “when Israel went astray”
- Ezekiel 44:11 Or “may be”
- Ezekiel 44:11 Or “guards”
- Ezekiel 44:11 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:11 Or “house”
- Ezekiel 44:11 Literally “to the face of them”
- Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “because that”
- Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “to the face of”
- Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “I raised my hand”
- Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 44:13 Or “any of”
- Ezekiel 44:13 Literally “to the holy objects of the holy objects”
- Ezekiel 44:14 Or “toward”
- Ezekiel 44:14 Or “tasks”
- Ezekiel 44:14 Literally “all”
Ezekiel 44:9-14
World English Bible
9 The Lord Yahweh says, “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.
10 “‘“But the Levites who went far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity. 11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house. They shall kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. 12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and they will bear their iniquity. 13 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. 14 Yet I will make them performers of the duty of the house, for all its service, and for all that will be done therein.
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