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Ezekiel 44:23-25
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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.[a]

24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges;[b] they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe[c] my Sabbaths.

25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled;[d] however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:23 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).
  2. Ezekiel 44:24 sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.
  3. Ezekiel 44:24 tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”
  4. Ezekiel 44:25 sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).
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