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23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 In a controversy they shall act as judges, and they shall decide it according to my judgements. They shall keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and they shall keep my sabbaths holy. 25 They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person; for father or mother, however, and for son or daughter, and for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.

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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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