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21 Neither shall any priest drink wine when he enters the inner court.

22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow or a woman separated or divorced from her husband; but they shall marry maidens [who are virgins] of the offspring of the house of Israel or a widow previously married to a priest.

23 The priests shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common or profane, and cause them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

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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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