Ezekiel 44:8

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

Darby Translation

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 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.

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.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:10And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Numbers 8:26but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting, and keep the charge, but he shall not serve [in] the service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges.

Numbers 18:7But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

Ezra 8:24And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

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.

Acts 7:53who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [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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