New King James Version
Ezekiel 44:8
8And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”
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 Living Translation (NLT)Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.
Context of Ezekiel 44:8
6“Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations. 7When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations. And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.” 9Thus says the Lord God: “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel. 10“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:8
- Leviticus 22:2“Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me: I am the Lord.
- Numbers 18:3They shall attend to your needs and all the needs of the tabernacle; but they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, lest they die—they and you also.
- Acts 7:53who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
- 1 Timothy 6:13I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
- 2 Timothy 4:1I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom:
- Ezekiel 44:14Nevertheless I will make them keep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.
- Ezekiel 40:45Then he said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
- Ezra 8:24And I separated twelve of the leaders 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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