Orthodox Jewish Bible

Yechezkel 44:19-31 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

19. And when they go forth into HaKhatzer HaKhitzonah, even into the Khatzer HaKhitzonah to HaAm, they shall take off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the lishkhot hakodesh (holy chambers) and they shall put on begadim acharim; and they shall not set apart as kodesh HaAm with their begadim.

20. Neither shall they shave their rosh, nor allow their hair to grow long; they shall keep trimmed their rosh.

21. Neither shall any Kohen drink yayin, when they enter into the Khatzer HaPenimit.

22. Neither shall they take for their nashim an almanah, nor a gerushah; but they shall take betulot of the zera Bais Yisroel, or an almanah who was almanah of a Kohen.

23. And they shall teach My people the difference between the kodesh and chol, and cause them to discern between the tameh and the tahor.

24. And in a riv they shall stand as shofet; and they shall judge it according to My mishpatim; and they shall adjudicate them in accordance with My torot and My chukkot in all Mine mo'adim; and they shall be shomer to keep My Shabbatot kodesh.

25. And they shall come near no met adam to make themselves tameh; but for av, or for em, or for ben, or for bat, for ach, or for achot that hath had no ish, they may make themselves tameh.

26. And after he is made tahor, they shall reckon unto him shivat yamim.

27. And in the yom that he goeth into the Kodesh, unto the Khatzer HaPenimit, to minister in the Kodesh, he shall offer his chattat, saith Adonoi Hashem.

28. And it shall be unto them for a nachalah; I am their nachalah; and ye shall give them no achuzzah in Yisroel; I am their achuzzah.

29. They shall eat the minchah, and the chattat, and the asham; and kol cherem in Yisroel shall be theirs.

30. And the reshit kol bikkurim of all things, and every terumah of all, of every sort of your terumot, shall belong to the Kohanim; ye shall also give unto the Kohen the reshit of your dough, that he may cause the berakhah to rest on thine bais.

31. The Kohanim shall not eat of any thing nevelah, or terefah, whether it be oph or behemah.