Verse 22

Ezekiel 44:22

English Revised Version

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22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אַלְמָנָה֙ וּ/גְרוּשָׁ֔ה לֹֽא יִקְח֥וּ לָ/הֶ֖ם לְ/נָשִׁ֑ים כִּ֣י אִם בְּתוּלֹ֗ת מִ/זֶּ֨רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/הָֽ/אַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה אַלְמָנָ֔ה מִ/כֹּהֵ֖ן יִקָּֽחוּ

English Translation

And they shall not take a widow or a divorced woman for wives, but only virgins of the seed of the house of Israel; and a widow who will become a widow from a priest, they shall take.

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Chapter 44 Context

1 Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; a... Focus ↗

2 And the LORD said unto me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, neither shall any man en... Focus ↗

3 As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by th... Focus ↗

4 Then he brought me the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory o... Focus ↗

5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ea... Focus ↗

6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD: O ye hou... Focus ↗

7 in that ye have brought in aliens, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sa... Focus ↗

8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanc... Focus ↗

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD, No alien, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter in... Focus ↗

10 But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from me after thei... Focus ↗

11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministe... Focus ↗

12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto t... Focus ↗

13 And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to a... Focus ↗

14 Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all th... Focus ↗

15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the childr... Focus ↗

16 they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and t... Focus ↗

17 And it shall be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with... Focus ↗

18 They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they s... Focus ↗

19 And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put... Focus ↗

20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll thei... Focus ↗

21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. Focus ↗

22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgi...

23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to dis... Focus ↗

24 And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my judgments shall they judge it: and t... Focus ↗

25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for so... Focus ↗

26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. Focus ↗

27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary,... Focus ↗

28 And they shall have an inheritance; I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in... Focus ↗

29 They shall eat the meal offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and every devoted th... Focus ↗

30 And the first of all the firstfruits of every thing, and every oblation of every thing, of all your... Focus ↗

31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast... Focus ↗

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 44 (31 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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