Ezekiel 44:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’”
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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set <FI>them<Fi> for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 44:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 22:2“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.
- Leviticus 22:10No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
- Leviticus 22:13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
- Numbers 8:26After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
- Numbers 18:3And 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.
- Numbers 18:7But 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 any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- 1 Chronicles 23:32So 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 8:24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,
- Ezekiel 40:45Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
- Ezekiel 44:14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
- Ezekiel 44:16They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
- Acts 7:53you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- 1 Timothy 6:13I 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 4:1I 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:
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