Verse 22

Ezekiel 44:22

Noah Webster Bible

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22 Neither shall they 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 had a priest before.

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 gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh towards the east;... Focus ↗

2 Then said the LORD to me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in... Focus ↗

3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by... 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 to me, Son of man mark well, and behold with thy eyes, and hear with thy ears all... 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 into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in fl... Focus ↗

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

9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall ente... Focus ↗

10 And the Levites that have gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray from me af... Focus ↗

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

12 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniq... Focus ↗

13 And they shall not come near to me, to do the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of m... Focus ↗

14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service, and for all that shall... 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 to me, and the... Focus ↗

17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be cl... Focus ↗

18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they... 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 maide...

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

24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments:... 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 to him seven days. Focus ↗

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

28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no posses... Focus ↗

29 They shall eat the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every dedicat... Focus ↗

30 And the first of all the first-fruits of all things , and every oblation of all, of every sort of yo... Focus ↗

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

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Book: Ezekiel
Chapter: Chapter 44 (31 verses)
Version: Noah Webster Bible

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