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Ezekiel 44:24

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.

23 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.

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,

26 and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.

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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
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“‘“In a controversy they shall stand to judge. They shall judge it according to my ordinances. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts. They shall make my Sabbaths holy.
ASV
And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
DARBY
And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
BLB
And in a dispute they will stand in judgment; according to My ordinances they shall judge it, and My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts they shall keep, and My Sabbaths they shall sanctify.
ÅB
I rettssaker skal de stå fram og dømme, etter mine forskrifter skal de dømme i dem; mine lover og bud skal de holde på alle mine høytider, og mine sabbater skal de holde hellige.
OTB
I enhver tvist skal prestene tjene som dommere og avgjøre det i henhold til mine forskrifter. De skal holde mine lover og mine forskrifter for alle mine fastsatte høytider, og de skal holde mine sabbater hellige.
B1930
I rettssaker skal de stå frem og dømme, efter mine forskrifter skal de dømme i dem; mine lover og bud skal de holde på alle mine høitider, og mine sabbater skal de holde hellige.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 23:4

    “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:8–10

    Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

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  • 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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  • 1 Timothy 3:15

    in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

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  • Ezra 2:63

    The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:8–13

    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

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  • Isaiah 58:13–14

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

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  • Numbers 28:1–29

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

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