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Ezekiel 44:23
23“They will teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and explain to them the difference between the unclean and the 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
21No kohen may drink wine before entering the inner court. 22None may take a widow or a divorced woman as his wife, for they must take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a kohen. “They will teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and explain to them the difference between the unclean and the clean. 24In a lawsuit, they will stand to judge, and judge in accordance with My ordinances. They will keep My laws and My statutes in all My moadim and keep My Shabbatot holy. 25They must not come near a dead person to defile themselves—only for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister who had no husband may they defile themselves.
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וְאֶת־עַמִּ֣י יוֹר֔וּ בֵּ֥ין קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְחֹ֑ל וּבֵין־טָמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר יוֹדִעֻֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 44:23
- Ezekiel 22:26Her kohanim have done violence to My Torah and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot. So I am profaned among them.
- Leviticus 10:10You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common and between the unclean and the clean.
- Deuteronomy 33:10They will teach Jacob Your judgments and Israel Your Torah. They will put incense in your nose and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.
- Micah 3:9Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel: You who abhor justice, and twist everything upright,
- Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her kohanim have profaned what is holy. They do violence to Torah.
- Haggai 2:11“Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot: ‘Ask now the kohanim for a ruling.
- Malachi 2:6Instruction of truth was in his mouth. Injustice was not found on his lips. In shalom and uprightness he walked with Me, and he turned many from iniquity.
- 2 Timothy 2:24The Lord’s slave must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, tolerant.
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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