Ezekiel 44:17-31

17It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with 1linen garments; and wool shall not 2be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house. 18Linen 3turbans shall be on their heads and 4linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat. 19When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall 5put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will 6not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. 20Also they shall 7not shave their heads, yet they shall not 8let their locks 9grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. 2110Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court. 22And they shall not 11marry a widow or a 12divorced woman but shall 13take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. 23Moreover, they shall teach My people the 14difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24In a dispute 15they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My 16appointed feasts and 17sanctify My sabbaths. 251819They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. 26After he is 20cleansed, seven days shall 21elapse for him. 27On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the 22inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his 23sin offering,” declares the Lord God.

28“And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that 24I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel--I am their possession. 29They shall 25eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every 2627devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30The first of all the 28first fruits of every kind and every 29contribution of every kind, from all your 30contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the 31first of your 32dough to cause a 33blessing to rest on your house. 31The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has 34died a natural death or has been torn to pieces.