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Ezekiel 44:17-27
King James Version
Ezekiel 44:17-27
King James Version
17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 44:17-27
New International Version
Ezekiel 44:17-27
New International Version
17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes;(A) they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. 18 They are to wear linen turbans(B) on their heads and linen undergarments(C) around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.(D) 19 When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated(E) through contact with their garments.(F)
20 “‘They must not shave(G) their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.(H) 21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(I) 22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(J) 23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(K) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(L)
24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges(M) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,(N) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.(O)
25 “‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.(P) 26 After he is cleansed, he must wait seven days.(Q) 27 On the day he goes into the inner court of the sanctuary(R) to minister in the sanctuary, he is to offer a sin offering[a](S) for himself, declares the Sovereign Lord.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 44:27 Or purification offering; also in verse 29
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