And you have not (A)kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners [a]to keep charge of My sanctuary.”

‘Thus says the Lord God, “(B)No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary. 10 But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who (C)went astray from Me after their idols, shall (D)bear the punishment for their iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:8 Lit as keepers of My charge in My

Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.(A) This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.(B)

10 “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray(C) and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin.(D)

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