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they come in unto My sanctuary, and they draw near unto My table to serve Me, and they have kept My charge.
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And it hath come to pass, in their going in unto the gates of the inner court, linen garments they put on; and no wool cometh up on them in their ministering in the gates of the inner court and within.
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Linen bonnets are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with sweat.
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And in their going forth unto the outer court -- unto the outer court unto the people -- they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.
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And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
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And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
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And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but -- virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.
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`And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
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And concerning controversy, they stand up for judgment; with My judgments they judge it; and My law and My statutes in all My appointed places they keep; and My sabbaths they sanctify.
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And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.
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`And after his cleansing, seven days they number to him.