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Ezekiel 44:20-30

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20 "Also they shall 1not shave their heads, yet they shall not 2let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads.
21 "3Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.
22 "And they shall not marry a widow or a 4divorced woman but shall 5take 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 6difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24 "In a dispute 7they 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 8appointed feasts and 9sanctify My sabbaths.
25 "10They 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 11cleansed, seven days shall elapse for him.
27 "On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the 12inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his 13sin offering," declares the Lord GOD.
28 "And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that 14I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel -I am their possession.
29 "They shall 15eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every 16devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.
30 "The first of all the 17first fruits of every kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the 18first of your dough to cause a 19blessing to rest on your house.
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Ezekiel 44:20-30 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 19

  • 1. Leviticus 21:5
  • 2. Numbers 6:5
  • 3. Leviticus 10:9
  • 4. Leviticus 21:7, 14
  • 5. Leviticus 21:13
  • 6. Leviticus 10:10; Ezekiel 22:26; Hosea 4:6; Micah 3:9-11; Zephaniah 3:4; Haggai 2:11-13; Malachi 2:6-8
  • 7. Deuteronomy 17:8, 9; Deuteronomy 19:17; Deuteronomy 21:5; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 2 Chronicles 19:8-10
  • 8. Lev 23:2, 4, 44
  • 9. Ezekiel 20:12, 20
  • 10. Leviticus 21:1-4
  • 11. Numbers 19:13-19
  • 12. Ezekiel 44:17
  • 13. Leviticus 5:3, 6; Numbers 6:9-11
  • 14. Numbers 18:20; Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 18:1, 2; Joshua 13:33
  • 15. Numbers 18:9, 14; Joshua 13:14
  • 16. Leviticus 27:21, 28; Numbers 18:14
  • 17. Numbers 18:12, 13; 2 Chr 31:4-6, 10; Nehemiah 10:35-37
  • 18. Numbers 15:20, 21
  • 19. Malachi 3:10

Footnotes 8

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