Ezekiel 44:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 44:9

7 ^aWhen you brought in ^bforeigners, ^cuncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered ^dMy food, ^ethe fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.

8 And you have not ^akept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.”

9 Thus says the Lord God: ^a“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.

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10 ^a“And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.

11 Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, ^aas gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; ^bthey shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and ^cthey shall stand before them to minister to them.

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols and ^acaused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity, therefore I have ^braised My hand in an oath against them,” says the Lord God, “that they shall bear their iniquity.

13 ^aAnd they shall not come near Me to minister to Me as priest, nor come near any of My holy things, nor into the Most Holy Place; but they shall ^bbear their shame and their abominations which they have committed.

14 Nevertheless I will make them ^akeep charge of the temple, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.

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Definitions of words in Ezekiel 44:9:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Flesh {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Flesh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Foreigner {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Foreigner {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Heart {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Heart {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

No {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
No {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
No {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Or {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sanctuary {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Sanctuary {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Ezekiel 44:9:

Priests And Levites {I.S.B.E.}

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