14. “Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the House, for all its service and for all that will be done in it.
15. So the Levitical kohanim, the sons of Zadok who kept charge of My Sanctuary when Bnei-Yisrael wandered from Me, will draw near to Me to minister to Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood”—it is declaration of Adonai.
16. “They are ones who will enter My Sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister to Me. They will keep My charge.
17. It will be that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they will be clothed with linen garments. No wool will come on them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18. They will have linen turbans upon their heads and linen underclothes upon their loins; they will not wear anything that causes sweat.
19. Before they go out to the outer court—to the outer courtyard to the people—they must take off their garments in which they minister and leave them in the holy chambers. They will put on other garments, so they do not consecrate the people while in their garments.
20. They must not shave their heads or let their locks grow long, but must carefully trim the hair of their heads.
21. No kohen may drink wine before entering the inner court.