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Ezekiel 44:23

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21 No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.

22 And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.

24 In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.

25 A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
KJV
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
WEB
They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
ASV
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
DARBY
And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
BLB
And they will teach My people between the holy [and] the common, and between the unclean [and] the clean they shall make them know.
ÅB
De skal lære mitt folk å skille mellom hellig og vanhellig og forklare dem forskjellen mellom urent og rent.
OTB
De skal undervise mitt folk om forskjellen mellom det hellige og det vanlige, og veilede dem i å gjenkjenne forskjellen mellom det urene og det rene.
B1930
De skal lære mitt folk å skille mellem hellig og vanhellig og forklare dem forskjellen mellem urent og rent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

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  • Leviticus 10:10–11

    You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

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  • 2 Timothy 2:24–25

    And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

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  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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  • Malachi 2:6–9

    True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

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  • Zephaniah 3:4

    Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

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  • Haggai 2:11–13

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:10

    He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

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