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Ezekiel 44:17-27

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17 "It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with 1linen garments; and wool shall not be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house.
18 "Linen 2turbans shall be on their heads and 3linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat.
19 "When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall 4put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will 5not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.
20 "Also they shall 6not shave their heads, yet they shall not 7let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.
21 "8Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.
22 "And they shall not marry a widow or a 9divorced woman but shall 10take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
23 "Moreover, they shall teach My people the 11difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 "In a dispute 12they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My 13appointed feasts and 14sanctify My sabbaths.
25 "15They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however *, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.
26 "After he is 16cleansed, seven days shall elapse for him.
27 "On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the 17inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his 18sin offering," declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 44:17-27 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 44

This chapter treats of the eastern gate of the temple being appropriated to the use of the prince, Eze 44:1-3, of the sin of the Lord's people, in admitting strangers and unholy persons into the sanctuary, either to officiate or communicate there, Eze 44:4-9 of the degrading of the Levites, that went astray, assigning them inferior posts and service in the house of God, Eze 44:10-14 and of the establishment of the sons of Zadok in their ministry, who were faithful, Eze 44:15,16, then follow various laws relating to their garments; shaving of their heads; drinking wine; their marriage; performance of their ministerial work; their regard to the dead, and their food and maintenance, Eze 44:17-31.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

  • 1. Exodus 28:42, 43; Exodus 39:27-29; Revelation 19:8
  • 2. Exodus 28:40; Isaiah 3:20; Ezekiel 24:17, 23
  • 3. Exodus 28:42; Leviticus 16:4
  • 4. Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 16:4, 23, 24; Ezekiel 42:14
  • 5. Leviticus 6:27; Ezekiel 46:20
  • 6. Leviticus 21:5
  • 7. Numbers 6:5
  • 8. Leviticus 10:9
  • 9. Leviticus 21:7, 14
  • 10. Leviticus 21:13
  • 11. Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 22:26; Hosea 4:6; Micah 3:9-11; Zephaniah 3:4; Haggai 2:11-13; Malachi 2:6-8
  • 12. Deuteronomy 17:8, 9; Deuteronomy 19:17; Deuteronomy 21:5; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 2 Chronicles 19:8-10
  • 13. Lev 23:2, 4, 44
  • 14. Ezekiel 20:12, 20
  • 15. Leviticus 21:1-4
  • 16. Numbers 19:13-19
  • 17. Ezekiel 44:17
  • 18. Leviticus 5:3, 6; Numbers 6:9-11

Footnotes 5

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