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Ezekiel 44:23
23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
Ezekiel 44:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
- New International Version (NIV)They are to teach my people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Context of Ezekiel 44:23
21Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court. 22And they shall not take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest. And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean. 24And in controversy they shall stand to judge: they shall judge it according to my judgments; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 25And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.
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וְאֶת־עַמִּ֣י יוֹר֔וּ בֵּ֥ין קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְחֹ֑ל וּבֵין־טָמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר יוֹדִעֻֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:23
- Ezekiel 22:26her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
- Leviticus 10:10that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between unclean and clean,
- Deuteronomy 33:10They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances, And Israel thy law: They shall put incense before thy nostrils, And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
- Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are vain-glorious, treacherous persons; her priests profane the sanctuary, they do violence to the law.
- Haggai 2:11Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests [concerning] the law, saying,
- Malachi 2:6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
- 2 Timothy 2:24And a bondman of [the] Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
Commentaries on Ezekiel 44:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-31Verses 17-31 Regulations as to the priests‘ services. The garments of the priests are defined and various rules prescribed in the Law are repeated with some additions in order to denote additional care to avoid uncleanness. Ezekiel 44:18 The material of which the four vestments of the ordinary priest were made was “linen,” or, more accurately, “byssus,” the cotton stuff of Egypt. The two special qualities of the byssus - white and shining - are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27The priests had to avoid contact with death. They could not enter a place where a dead body was present. They also could not follow certain mourning customs, such as shaving their heads or letting their hair grow wild. They were not allowed to drink wine before entering the inner courtyard. This rule helped prevent serious mistakes that could lead to death (see Leviticus 10:9). The priests also had rules about marriage. They could marry only a virgin from…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-312. shut ... not be opened--(Job 12:14; Is 22:22; Re 3:7). "Shut" to the people (Ex 19:21, 22), but open to "the prince" (Eze 44:3), he holding the place of God in political concerns, as the priests do in spiritual. As a mark of respect to an Eastern monarch, the gate by which he enters is thenceforth shut to all other persons (compare Ex 19:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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