Ezekiel 44:23-25
Amplified Bible
23 The priests shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and teach them to distinguish between the (ceremonially) unclean and the clean. 24 In a controversy they shall take their stand to act as judges; they shall judge it in accordance with My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My Sabbaths. 25 They shall not go to a dead person to [a]defile themselves; except for father or for mother, for son or for daughter, for brother or for sister who has had no husband; they may defile themselves.(A)
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- Ezekiel 44:25 I.e. become ceremonially unclean.
Ezekiel 44:23-25
New International Version
23 They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common(A) and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.(B)
24 “‘In any dispute, the priests are to serve as judges(C) and decide it according to my ordinances. They are to keep my laws and my decrees for all my appointed festivals,(D) and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.(E)
25 “‘A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person; however, if the dead person was his father or mother, son or daughter, brother or unmarried sister, then he may defile himself.(F)
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