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11 Then they will be[a] in my sanctuary, those serving in my sanctuary, as sentries[b] at the gates of the temple[c] and as those serving the temple;[d] they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand before them[e] to serve them, 12 because[f] they used to serve them before[g] their idols and they were for the house of Israel like a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore I swore[h] concerning them,” declares[i] 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 of[j] my holy objects, to the most holy objects, [k] and they will bear their disgrace and the results of their detestable things they have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:11 Or “may be”
  2. Ezekiel 44:11 Or “guards”
  3. Ezekiel 44:11 Or “house”
  4. Ezekiel 44:11 Or “house”
  5. Ezekiel 44:11 Literally “to the face of them”
  6. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “because that”
  7. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “to the face of”
  8. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “I raised my hand”
  9. Ezekiel 44:12 Literally “declaration of”
  10. Ezekiel 44:13 Or “any of”
  11. Ezekiel 44:13 Literally “to the holy objects of the holy objects”