Ezekiel 44:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 44:23 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- Leviticus 14:57to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
- 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.
- 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 that I am profaned among them.
- 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.
- Micah 3:9Now 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,
- Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
- Haggai 2:11“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
- Malachi 2:6True 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:24And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Titus 1:9He 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).