Catholic Public Domain Version
"And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves. "
— Ezekiel 44:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
“And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things; but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. ”
“You have not performed the duty of my holy things; but you have set performers of my duty in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
“You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you.”
“And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
“And you have not taken care of my holy things; but you have put them as keepers to take care of my work in my holy place.”
“And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
And the Lord said to me: “Son of man, set within your heart, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I am speaking to you about all the ceremonies of the house of the Lord and about all its laws. And set your heart upon the ways of the temple, along all the exits of the sanctuary.
And you shall say to the house of Israel, which provokes me: Thus says the Lord God: Let all your wicked deeds be sufficient for you, O house of Israel.
For you bring in foreign sons, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, so that they may be in my sanctuary and may defile my house. And you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood, yet you have broken my covenant by all your wicked deeds.
And you have not observed the precepts of my sanctuary, yet you have stationed observers of my vigil in my sanctuary for yourselves.
Thus says the Lord God: Any foreigner, any foreign son who is in the midst of the sons of Israel, who is uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall not enter into my sanctuary.
And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.
They will be caretakers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers at the gates of the house, and ministers to the house. They will slay the holocausts and the victims of the people. And they will stand before them, so that they may minister to them.