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At[a] your bringing foreigners[b] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,[c] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,[d] so[e] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things. And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but[f] you appointed them[g] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you.”

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner[h] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners[i] who are in the midst of the Israelites.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “in”
  2. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “children/people of a foreign land”
  3. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “house”
  4. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “in/at your offering my food and fat and blood”
  5. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “and”
  6. Ezekiel 44:8 Or “and”
  7. Ezekiel 44:8 That is, foreigners
  8. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
  9. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
  10. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”