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.

Laws Governing Priests

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.

15 ^a“But the priests, the Levites, ^bthe sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary ^cwhen the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they ^dshall stand before Me to offer to Me the ^efat and the blood,” says the Lord God.

16 “They shall ^aenter My sanctuary, and they shall come near ^bMy table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 44:9

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American Standard Version
Thus 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.

Amplified® Bible
Therefore thus says the Lord God: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh shall enter into My sanctuary [where no one but the priests might enter], of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
And so I, the LORD God, say that no godless foreigner who disobeys me will be allowed in my temple. This includes any foreigner living in Israel.

Darby English Version
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: No stranger, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

Good News Bible
"I, the Sovereign LORD, declare that no uncircumcised foreigner, no one who disobeys me, will enter my Temple, not even a foreigner who lives among the people of Israel."

King James Version
Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
`Thus says the Lord GOD, "No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
Thus says the Lord GOD: “No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Thus says the Lord GOD, "No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who dwell among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Revised Standard Version
"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, shall enter my sanctuary.

Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said the Lord Jehovah: No son of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, cometh in unto My sanctuary, even any son of a stranger, who `is' in the midst of the sons of Israel,

New English Translation
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

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