Ezequiel 44:24

24 »”Servirán de jueces para resolver cualquier desacuerdo que surja en mi pueblo y sus decisiones tendrán que basarse en mis ordenanzas. Y los sacerdotes mismos deberán obedecer mis instrucciones y decretos en todos los festivales sagrados y ocuparse de que los días de descanso sean apartados como días santos.

Ezequiel 44:24 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:24

And in controversy they shall stand in judgment
When any controversy arises among the saints concerning civil things, this shall not be carried into a court of judicature, of the men of the world; but it shall be brought before the church, and there heard, tried, judged, and determined; the ministers of the word there presiding, who shall give the definitive sentence, and stand to it, and abide by it, ( 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 ) and when any controversy arises about the doctrines of the Gospel, or modes of worship, or rules of discipline, they shall rise up, discuss the point, determine the question, pass the sentence, and not depart from it: and they shall judge it according to my judgments;
not according to their own judgments, or according to their own fancies, or the reasonings of their own minds, but according to those directions and rules given in the word of God; which is profitable for the settling and establishing true doctrine, and the reproof and correction of error, and for the instruction of men in the paths of righteousness: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies;
which assemblies are the churches of Christ, gathered according to Gospel order; where the saints assemble together for divine worship, and where the Lord grants his presence; and where his word is preached, and his ordinances administered, and so called his; and of which assemblies Gospel ministers are the masters, and where they preside; and whose business is to observe the laws and statutes the Lord has made, and to interpret them unto the people, and enforce them on them, and see that they are kept by them: and they shall hallow my sabbaths;
such times as are appointed for divine worship; these they shall keep holy themselves, in the exercise both of private and public worship, and shall exhort and stir up all with whom they are concerned to do the same.

Ezequiel 44:24 In-Context

22 Podrán casarse únicamente con una virgen de Israel o con la viuda de un sacerdote. No podrán casarse con otras viudas ni con mujeres divorciadas.

23 Enseñarán a mi pueblo la diferencia entre lo santo y lo común, entre lo ceremonialmente puro y lo impuro.

24 »”Servirán de jueces para resolver cualquier desacuerdo que surja en mi pueblo y sus decisiones tendrán que basarse en mis ordenanzas. Y los sacerdotes mismos deberán obedecer mis instrucciones y decretos en todos los festivales sagrados y ocuparse de que los días de descanso sean apartados como días santos.

25 »”Un sacerdote no deberá contaminarse al estar en presencia de un cadáver, a menos que se trate de su padre, su madre, uno de sus hijos, de sus hermanos o hermanas solteras. En tales casos está permitido.

26 Aun así, podrá volver a desempeñar sus tareas en el templo solo después de purificarse ceremonialmente y luego esperar siete días.