English Standard Version
Ezekiel 44:8
8And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary.
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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.
Context of Ezekiel 44:8
6And say to the rebellious house, to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O house of Israel, enough of all your abominations, 7in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple, when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant, in addition to all your abominations. And you have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have set others to keep my charge for you in my sanctuary. 9"Thus says the Lord God: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary. 10But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
Read all of Ezekiel 44Ezekiel 44:8 word by word
וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת קָדָשָׁ֑י וַתְּשִׂימ֗וּן לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧י מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛י בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:8
- Leviticus 22:2"Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the Lord.
- Numbers 18:3They shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar lest they, and you, die.
- Acts 7:53you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
- 1 Timothy 6:13I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
- 2 Timothy 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
- Ezekiel 44:14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.
- Ezekiel 40:45And he said to me, "This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,
- 1 Chronicles 23:22Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.
- Ezra 8:24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen 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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