Ezechiele 44:19

19 E quando usciranno ad alcuno de’ cortili di fuori, al popolo, spoglino i lor vestimenti, ne’ quali avranno fatto il servigio, e riponganli nelle camere sante, e vestano altri vestimenti, acciocchè non santifichino il popolo coi lor vestimenti.

Ezechiele 44:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 44:19

And when they go forth into the utter court
Out of the inner court where they minister, when they have done their service: even into the utter court to the people;
out of the church into the world, where the people are, doing their business, whether good men or bad: they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them
in the holy chambers;
the north and south chambers; (See Gill on Ezekiel 42:13), (See Gill on Ezekiel 42:14): and they shall put on other garments;
which are their outward conversation garments, which are proper to appear in before men, for the honour of religion; though not sufficient to appear in before God, and render acceptable unto him: and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments;
the garments of the priesthood were reckoned holy, whatsoever was holy, that which it touched accounted holy also; and therefore, to preserve a difference between the priests and the common people, they were not to wear their holy garments but in the time of service; or lest any superstitious notion should obtain among the people, that they were sanctified by touching their clothes; as the Papists give out, that if a man is buried in a monk's cowl, he shall be saved: or the sense is, that they should not possess the minds of the people with a notion of any real sanctity in their garments; or that their conversation garments, or good works, can be of any service to them: this may be opposed to works of supererogation.

Ezechiele 44:19 In-Context

17 Ora, quando entreranno nelle porte del cortile di dentro, sieno vestiti di panni lini; e non abbiano addosso lana alcuna, quando ministreranno nelle porte del cortile di dentro, e più innanzi.

18 Abbiano in capo delle tiare line, e delle calze line sopra i lor lombi, non cingansi dove si suda.

19 E quando usciranno ad alcuno de’ cortili di fuori, al popolo, spoglino i lor vestimenti, ne’ quali avranno fatto il servigio, e riponganli nelle camere sante, e vestano altri vestimenti, acciocchè non santifichino il popolo coi lor vestimenti.

20 E non radansi il capo, nè nudrichino la chioma; tondansi schiettamente il capo.

21 E niun sacerdote beva vino, quando entrerà nel cortile di dentro.