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Ezekiel 44:9-14

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44:9 This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary.¹

44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for² their sin. 44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them. 44:12 Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle³ to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow⁴ concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible⁵ for their sin. 44:13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed. 44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.

¹sn Tobiah, an Ammonite (Neh 13:8), was dismissed from the temple.

²tn Heb “will bear.”

³tn Heb “a stumbling block of iniquity.” This is a unique phrase of the prophet Ezekiel (cf. also Ezek 7:19; 14:3, 4, 7; 18:30).

⁴tn Heb “I lifted up my hand.”

⁵tn Heb “will bear.”

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