Ezekiel 44:14 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 44:14

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

BSB

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ASV

Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

KJV

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house,.... To be watchmen or porters in it; to open and shut the doors of it; to sweep and keep it clean; to repair and mend it, and to do such like works, as it follows: for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein; in a servile way; but not as priests or ministers of the word.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 2.28 (420)

How is it that in the book of Ezekiel, where a description is given of the future church and of the heavenly Jerusalem, the priests who have sinned are degraded to the rank of sacristans and doorkeepers, and although they are in the temple of God, that is, on the right hand, they are not among the rams but among the poorest of the sheep?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They are deprived but in part, ab officio--of their office, and, it should seem, not at all à beneficio--of their emoluments. They shall help to slay the sacrifice, which the Levites were permitted to do, and which in this temple was done, not at the altar, but at the tables, ch. xl.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתִּ֣י	ve.na.ta.Ti	and I will make	H5414 →
אוֹתָ֔ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י	sho.me.Rei	[the] keepers of	H8104 →
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mish.Me.ret	[the] charge of	H4931 →
הַבָּ֑יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
לְכֹל֙	le.Khol	for all	H3605 →
עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ	a.Vo.da.To	service its	H5656 →
וּלְכֹ֛ל	u.le.Khol	and for all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה	ye.'a.Seh	it will be done	H6213 →
בּֽוֹ׃ פ	bo	in it

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 18:4
They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
  When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Numbers 1:51
  Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must…
- 1 Samuel 6:19
  But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…
- Numbers 3:10
  So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Ezekiel

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezekiel