Ezekiel 44:8

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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In The King James Version

And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

In Context

7in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood. And they have broken my covenant, [to add

9Thus says lord LORD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the sons of Israel.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. A sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Numbers 8:26but shall minister with their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall thou do to the Levites concerning their charges.

Numbers 18:7And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil, and ye shall serve. I give you the priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger who comes near shall be put

Ezra 8:24Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,

Ezekiel 44:14Yet I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that shall be done in it.

Acts 7:53who received the law at directions of heavenly agents, and did not keep it.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 44:5-10

Idolatry of the Levites. ( b. c. 574.) 4 Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord : and I fell upon my face. 5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord , and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. 6 And thou… Read the whole commentary →

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