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The Duties of the Priests

Ezekiel 44:23

In 11 translations

BSB
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
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.
WEB
They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
ASV
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
LSV
And they direct My people between holy and common, and they cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
YLT
'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
DBY
And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
DRC
And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.
GNV
And they shall teach my people the difference betweene the holy and prophane, and cause them to discerne betweene the vncleane and the cleane.
JPS
And they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
LXXE
And they shall teach my people to distinguish between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them the difference between unclean and clean.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶת־עַמִּ֣י יוֹר֔וּ בֵּ֥ין קֹ֖דֶשׁ לְחֹ֑ל וּבֵין־טָמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר יוֹדִעֻֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὸν λαόν μου διδάξουσιν ἀναμέσον ἁγίου καὶ βεβήλου, καὶ ἀναμέσον ἀκαθάρτου καὶ καθαροῦ γνωριοῦσιν αὐτοῖς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 22:26Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so…
  • Leviticus 10:10–11You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean, so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
  • 2 Timothy 2:24–25And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a…
  • Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  • Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
  • Malachi 2:6–9True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people…
  • Haggai 2:11–13“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling. If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’”…
  • Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
  • Titus 1:9–11He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it. For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially…
  • Micah 3:9–11Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for a…

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