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22 And a widow or divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but only[a] a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or the widow who is a widow for a priest they may take.

23 And they will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy, and the difference between unclean and clean they must show them. 24 And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing[b] my judgments they shall judge it, and with respect to my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:22 Literally “but if”
  2. Ezekiel 44:24 Or “with”

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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