Ezekiel 44:7-9

7 when you brought in ¹foreigners *, ²uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you ³offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they ⁴made My covenant void -this in addition to all your abominations.

8 "And you have not ⁵kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary."

9 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "⁶No * foreigner * uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners * who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary.

Ezekiel 44:7-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 44

This chapter treats of the eastern gate of the temple being appropriated to the use of the prince, Eze 44:1-3, of the sin of the Lord's people, in admitting strangers and unholy persons into the sanctuary, either to officiate or communicate there, Eze 44:4-9 of the degrading of the Levites, that went astray, assigning them inferior posts and service in the house of God, Eze 44:10-14 and of the establishment of the sons of Zadok in their ministry, who were faithful, Eze 44:15,16, then follow various laws relating to their garments; shaving of their heads; drinking wine; their marriage; performance of their ministerial work; their regard to the dead, and their food and maintenance, Eze 44:17-31.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 12:43-49
• 2. Leviticus 26:41; Deuteronomy 10:16; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 9:26
• 3. Leviticus 22:25
• 4. Genesis 17:14
• 5. Leviticus 22:2; Numbers 18:7
• 6. Ezekiel 44:7; Joel 3:17; Zechariah 14:21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "as keepers of My charge in My"