King James Version
Ezekiel 44:14 in the King James Version says “But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done the...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Ezekiel 44:14 · KJV
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. caused: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc
And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
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.
But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:
They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But I will make”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“them keepers”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“of the charge”
H4931watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“thereof and for all that shall be done”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
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