The Gate for the Prince
And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. Eze 44:8
mine holy things... The holy things were the altar, sacrifices, the sacred vessels, the devoted things, and all portions of the priests.
set keepers of... This reminds me very much of when the priesthood had sunk so low, they worshipped false gods themselves. God had set the Levitical tribe aside for working in the temple. They had brought in strangers to do the work of the sanctuary.
Enough of your detestable practices, O house of Israel! God demanded holiness from His people, and a turning from the practice of allowing uncircumcised foreigners into the temple (Eze. 44:9; cf. 44:7).
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