New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ezekiel 44:16-22 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

16. They may enter my sanctuary; they may approach my table to serve me and carry out my service.

17. Whenever they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall wear linen garments; they shall not put on anything woolen when they serve at the gates of the inner court or within the temple.

18. They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes sweat.

19. And when they go out to the people in the outer court, they shall take off the garments in which they served and leave them in the rooms of the sanctuary, and put on other garments so they do not transmit holiness to the people by their garments.

20. They shall not shave their heads nor let their hair hang loose, but they shall keep their hair carefully trimmed.

21. No priest shall drink wine before he enters the inner court.

22. They shall not take as wives either widows or divorced women, but only unmarried women from the line of Israel; however, they may take as wives widows who are widows of priests.