Ezekiel 44:5-7

44:5 The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention, ¹  watch closely and listen carefully to ²  everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord’s house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances ³  to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary. 44:6 Say to the rebellious, ⁴  to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel! 44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate ⁵  it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You ⁶  have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

[44:5]  ¹ tn Heb “set your heart” (so also in the latter part of the verse).

[44:5]  ² tn Heb “Set your mind, look with your eyes, and with your ears hear.”

[44:5]  ³ tc The Syriac, Vulgate, and Targum read the plural. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:618.

[44:6]  ⁴ tc The LXX reads “house of rebellion.”

[44:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “to desecrate.”

[44:7]  ⁸ tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”