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You have admitted foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, into my sanctuary to profane it when you offered me food, the fat and blood.[a] Thus you have broken my covenant by all your abominations.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 44:7–14 According to Ezekiel, the Levites’ priestly role is reduced to the performance of menial tasks as punishment for their misdeeds (cf. vv. 10–14). This demotion was enforced during the restoration of Temple worship under Ezra and Nehemiah; this may explain the small number of Levites willing to return to Jerusalem after the exile.

In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart(A) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.(B)

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