Ezekiel 44:9–14 LEB - Thus says the Lord Yahweh:…

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Ezekiel 44:9–14

9 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every ⌊foreigner⌋u uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the ⌊foreigners⌋v who are in the midst of the ⌊Israelites⌋.w 10 ⌊But⌋x the Levites who removed themselves from me ⌊at the going astray of Israel⌋,y who went astray from me and went after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt. 11 Then they will bez in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentriesa at the gates of the templeb and as those serving the temple;c they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand ⌊before them⌋d to serve them, 12 ⌊because⌋e they used to serve them ⌊before⌋f their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore ⌊I swore⌋g concerning them,” ⌊declares⌋h the Lord Yahweh, “that they will bear their iniquity. 13 And they shall not approach me to serve as a priest for me and to come near to all ofi my holy objects, ⌊to the most holy objects⌋, j and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done. 14 And I will appoint them as the keepers of the responsibility ofk the temple, for all of its workl and ⌊everything⌋ mwhich will be done in it.

u	Literally “child of a foreign land”
v	Literally “child of a foreign land”
w	Literally “sons/children of Israel”
x	Literally “For if”
y	Or “when Israel went astray”
z	Or “may be”
a	Or “guards”
b	Or “house”
c	Or “house”
d	Literally “to the face of them”
e	Literally “because that”
f	Literally “to the face of”
g	Literally “I raised my hand”
h	Literally “declaration of”
i	Or “any of”
j	Literally “to the holy objects of the holy objects”
k	Or “toward”
l	Or “tasks”
m	Literally “all”