Lexham English Bible

Ezekiel 44:16-24 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16. “They shall come to my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table to serve me, and they will observe my requirement.

17. And then when they come to the gates of the inner courtyards, they shall put on their inner linen garments and not wear wool garments when they serve in the gates of the inner courtyard and inside the temple.

18. Linen turbans shall be on their head and linen undergarments shall be on their waists; they shall not gird themselves with material causing perspiration.

19. When they go out to the outer courtyard to the people, they must take off their garment in which they were serving, and they must place them in the holy chambers, and they must put on other garments, so that they will not make the people holy with their garments.

20. And their head they shall not shave, or long hair they shall not let grow; short they shall clip their heads.

21. And no priest shall drink wine when they come into the inner courtyard.

22. And a widow or divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but only a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or the widow who is a widow for a priest they may take.

23. And they will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy, and the difference between unclean and clean they must show them.

24. And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing my judgments they shall judge it, and with respect to my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate.