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Ezekiel 44:18-24 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

18. So that they won't perspire, they are to wear linen turbans and linen trousers, but no belt.

19. Before they go to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must first take off the clothes they wore on duty in the Temple and leave them in the holy rooms. They are to put on other clothing in order to keep their sacred clothing from harming the people.

20. “Priests must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long. They are to keep it a proper length.

21. Priests must not drink any wine before going into the inner courtyard.

22. No priest may marry a divorced woman; he is to marry only an Israelite virgin or the widow of another priest.

23. “The priests are to teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is ritually clean and what is not.

24. When a legal dispute arises, the priests are to decide the case according to my laws. They are to keep the religious festivals according to my rules and regulations, and they are to keep the Sabbaths holy.

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