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Ezekiel 44:7

In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

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ASV

in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, to add unto all your abominations.

KJV

In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּהֲבִיאֲכֶ֣םba.ha.vi.'a.Khemwhen brought youH935 →
בְּנֵֽי־be.nei-sons ofH1121 →
נֵכָ֗רne.KharforeignnessH5236 →
עַרְלֵי־'ar.lei-uncircumcised ofH6189 →
לֵב֙levheartH3820 →
וְעַרְלֵ֣יve.'ar.Leiand uncircumcised ofH6189 →
בָשָׂ֔רva.SarfleshH1320 →
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961 →
בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖יbe.mik.da.Shiin sanctuary myH4720 →
לְחַלְּל֣וֹle.cha.le.Loto profane itH2490 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בֵּיתִ֑יbei.Tihouse myH1004 →
בְּהַקְרִֽיבְכֶ֤םbe.hak.ri.ve.Khemwhen brought near youH7126 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
לַחְמִי֙lach.Mifood myH3899 →
חֵ֣לֶבChe.levfatH2459 →
וָדָ֔םva.Damand bloodH1818 →
וַיָּפֵ֙רוּ֙vai.ya.Fe.ruand they brokeH6565 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בְּרִיתִ֔יbe.ri.Ticovenant myH1285 →
אֶ֖ל'elbecause ofH413 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃to.'a.vo.tei.Khemabominations yourH8441 →

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Jeremiah 9:26Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”Leviticus 22:25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”Ezekiel 44:9This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,Ezekiel 44:15But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.Malachi 1:12–14“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.Ezekiel 23:39On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.Ezekiel 43:8When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”Leviticus 21:17“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

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