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Ezekiel 44:24-26
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24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges;[a] they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe[b] my Sabbaths.

25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled;[c] however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves. 26 After a priest[d] has become ceremonially clean, they[e] must count off a period of seven days for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:24 sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.
  2. Ezekiel 44:24 tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”
  3. Ezekiel 44:25 sn This law was part of the legal code for priests (Lev 21:1-3).
  4. Ezekiel 44:26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. Ezekiel 44:26 tc One medieval Hebrew ms, the LXX, and the Syriac, along with Lev 15:13, 28, read the verb as singular.
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