Ezekiel 44:8
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And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

ye have not

Leviticus 22:2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they beware of those things that are consecrated of the children of Israel: and defile not the name of the things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the Lord.

Numbers 18:3-5 And the Levites shall watch to do thy commands, and about all the works of the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar, lest both they die, and you also perish with them. . . .

Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels and have not kept it.

1 Timothy 6:13 I charge thee before God who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate, a good confession:

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

charge.

Ezekiel 44:14,16 And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. . . .

Ezekiel 40:45,46 And he said to me: This chamber, which looketh toward the south shall be for the priests that watch in the wards of the temple. . . .

1 Chronicles 23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.

Ezra 8:24-30 And I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sarabias, and Hasabias, and with them ten of their brethren, . . .

Context
The Duties of the Levites
7In that you have brought in strangers uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to defile my house: and you offer my bread, the fat, and the blood: and you have broken my covenant by all your wicked doings. 8And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.9Thus saith the Lord God: No stranger uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, no stranger that is in the midst of the children of Israel.…
Cross References
Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they beware of those things that are consecrated of the children of Israel: and defile not the name of the things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the Lord.

Numbers 18:7
But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.

Lexicon
And you have not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

kept
שְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם (šə·mar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

charge
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of My holy things,
קָדָשָׁ֑י (qā·ḏā·šāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

but have appointed
וַתְּשִׂימ֗וּן (wat·tə·śî·mūn)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

others to keep
לְשֹׁמְרֵ֧י (lə·šō·mə·rê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

charge
מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛י (miš·mar·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of My sanctuary
בְּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י (bə·miq·dā·šî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum

for you.’
לָכֶֽם׃ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’And you have not kept the charge of my holy things: but you 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.

and ye appointed others to keep the charges in my sanctuary.

And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things, but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

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.

and ye have not kept the charge of My holy things, and ye set them for keepers of My charge in My sanctuary for you.
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