Ezekiel 44:8 “And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed oth…”

Ezekiel 44:8

And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For yee haue not kept the ordinances of mine holy things: but you your selues haue set other to take the charge of my Sanctuarie.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set [them] for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

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Cross references

“ye have not”

Leviticus 22:2–33 Numbers 18:3–5 Acts 7:53 1 Timothy 6:13 2 Timothy 4:1

Leviticus 22:2–33 · BSB

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

Numbers 18:3–5 · BSB

And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

Acts 7:53 · BSB

you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

1 Timothy 6:13 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

2 Timothy 4:1 · BSB

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

“charge”

Ezekiel 44:14 Ezekiel 44:16 1 Chronicles 23:32 Ezra 8:24–30 Ezekiel 40:45 Ezekiel 40:46

Ezekiel 44:14 · BSB

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

Ezekiel 44:16 · BSB

They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

1 Chronicles 23:32 · BSB

So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

Ezra 8:24–30 · BSB

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

Ezekiel 40:45 · BSB

Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,

Ezekiel 40:46 · BSB

and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

Also

Numbers 18:7

Numbers 18:7 · BSB

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but a…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

9This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

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