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Ezekiel 44:21-23
New English Translation
Ezekiel 44:21-23
New English Translation
21 No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court. 22 They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel[a] or a widow who is a priest’s widow. 23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.[b]
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- Ezekiel 44:22 tn Heb “from the offspring of the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 44:23 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).
Ezekiel 44:21-23
New International Version
Ezekiel 44:21-23
New International Version
21 No priest is to drink wine when he enters the inner court.(A) 22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(B) 23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(C) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(D)
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