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And you have not keptוְלֹא שְׁמַרְתֶּםthe chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתof my holy things,קָדָשָׁיbut you have set themוַתְּשִׂימוּןas keepersלְשֹׁמְרֵיof my chargeמִשְׁמַרְתִּיin my sanctuaryבְּמִקְדָּשִׁיfor yourselves.לָכֶם
Ezekiel 44:8
Study it in the app“And you have not kept the charge of my holy things, but you have set them as keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Ezekiel 44:8, word by word
- And you have not keptשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- of my holy thingsקָדָשָׁkadasha
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadasha” appears- but you have set themתְּשִׂימוּtesimu
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “tesimu” appears- in my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁmikdashi
sanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appears
The context
7when you brought foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, my house, when you presented my bread, fat and blood; and they broke my covenant by all your abominations.
8 · This verse (above)
9Thus says Adonai YHWH: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter my sanctuary, of any foreigner who is among the sons of Israel.