Yehezkiel 20:28

20:28 I brought them to the land which I swore ¹  to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings.

Yehezkiel 20:31

20:31 When you present your sacrifices ²  – when you make your sons pass through the fire – you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, ³  O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! ⁴ 

Yehezkiel 20:40

20:40 For there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them ⁵  in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things.

Yehezkiel 44:7

44:7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate ⁶  it – even my house – when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You ⁷  have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

Yehezkiel 44:15

The Levitical Priests

44:15 “‘But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok ⁸  who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord.

[20:28]  ¹ tn Heb “which I lifted up my hand.”

[20:31]  ² tn Or “gifts.”

[20:31]  ³ tn Or “Will I reveal myself to you?”

[20:31]  ⁴ tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”

[20:40]  ⁵ tn Heb “all of it.”

[44:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “to desecrate.”

[44:7]  ⁷ tc The Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions read “you.” The Masoretic text reads “they.”

[44:15]  ⁸ sn Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar (1 Chr 6:50-53), who served as a priest during David’s reign (2 Sam 8:17).