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Ezekiel 44:8
8And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Ezekiel 44:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
- New International Version (NIV)Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”
Context of Ezekiel 44:8
6and say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you of all your abominations, O house of Israel, 7in that ye have brought strangers, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, [even] my house, when ye offered my bread, the fat and the blood; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations. And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. 10But the Levites who went away far from me, when Israel went astray, going astray from me after their idols, they shall even bear their iniquity;
Read all of Ezekiel 44Ezekiel 44:8 word by word
וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת קָדָשָׁ֑י וַתְּשִׂימ֗וּן לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧י מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛י בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:8
- Leviticus 22:2Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in the things that they hallow unto me: I am Jehovah.
- Numbers 18:3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.
- Acts 7:53who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
- 1 Timothy 6:13I enjoin thee before God who preserves all things in life, and Christ Jesus who witnessed before Pontius Pilate the good confession,
- 2 Timothy 4:1I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,
- Ezekiel 44:14And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
- Ezekiel 40:45And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
- Ezra 8:24And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Commentaries on Ezekiel 44:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-16Verses 4-16 Admonition to the ministering priests, grounded upon former neglect. Ezekiel 44:4 The north gate before the house - The north gate of the inner court. God expostulates with His people in the seat of their former idolatries Ezekiel 8:3. Ezekiel 44:5 Mark well - The careful arrangements made had all been intended to keep the temple and its surroundings from profanation. Hence, attention to these particulars is enjoined. Ezekiel 44:7 Strangers…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8The people of Israel were called rebels because they did not control access to the sanctuary. They hired uncircumcised foreigners as temple guards and gatekeepers. The Levites should have done this job, as the Lord assigned it to them (compare Ezekiel 44:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. keepers ... for yourselves--such as you yourselves thought fit, not such as I approve of. Or else, "Ye have not yourselves kept the charge of My holy things, but have set others as keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for yourselves" [Maurer].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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