14. “Yet I shall make them those who guard the duty of the House, for all its work, and for all that has to be done in it.
15. “But the priests, the Lĕwites, the sons of Tsaḏoq, who guarded the duty of My set-apart place when the children of Yisra’ĕl went astray from Me, they shall draw near to Me to serve Me, and shall stand before Me to bring to Me the fat and the blood,” declares the Master יהוה.
16. “They shall enter My set-apart place, and they shall draw near to My table to serve Me, and they shall guard My charge.
17. “And it shall be, when they enter the gates of the inner courtyard, that they put on linen garments, and no wool shall come upon them while they attend within the gates of the inner courtyard or within the house.
18. “They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies, they shall not gird themselves with sweat.
19. “And when they go out to the outer courtyard, to the outer courtyard to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they have attended, and shall leave them in the set-apart rooms, and shall put on other garments. And they shall set apart the people in their set-apart garments.
20. “And their heads they shall not shave, nor shall they let their hair grow long – they shall keep their hair well trimmed.
21. “And no priest is to drink wine when he comes into the inner court.
22. “And they do not take as wife a widow or a divorced woman, but take maidens of the seed of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or widows of priests.
23. “And they are to teach My people the difference between the set-apart and the profane, and make them know what is unclean and clean.
24. “And they are to stand as judges in a dispute, and judge it according to My right-rulings. And they are to guard My Torot and My laws in all My appointed festivals, and set apart My Sabbaths.
25. “And they are not to defile themselves by coming near a dead man. Only for a father or mother, for a son or daughter, for a brother or unmarried sister they defile themselves.
26. “And after his cleansing, they count seven days for him,
27. and on the day that he comes into the inner court of the set-apart place to attend in the set-apart place, he brings his sin offering,” declares the Master יהוה.
28. “And it shall be to them for an inheritance, I am their inheritance. And you give them no possession in Yisra’ĕl – I am their possession.
29. “The grain offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering they are to eat, and all that is dedicated in Yisra’ĕl is theirs.
30. “And the first of all the first-fruits of all, and every contribution of all, of all your contributions, belong to the priests. And the first of your ground meal you give to the priest, so that a blessing rests on your house.
31. “The priests are not to eat any bird or beast found dead or torn to pieces.