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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.

24 And in a controversy they shall act as judges, and they shall judge according to My judgments; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts, and they shall keep My Sabbaths holy.

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22 They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests.(A) 23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(B) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(C)

24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges(D) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,(E) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.(F)

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