Ezekiel 44:8
What does Ezekiel 44:8 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 44:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set <FI>them<Fi> for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Context
v.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 unto all your abominations.
v.8This passage
v.9Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 8:24
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
- Numbers 18:3
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.
- Leviticus 22:2
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.
- 1 Chronicles 23:32
and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
- 1 Timothy 6:13
I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession;
- 2 Timothy 4:1
I chargetheein the sight of God, and of Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
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