Passage

Ezekiel 44.22

Book: Ezekiel · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"20. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 21. Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court."

"22. Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest."

"23. 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. 24. And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths." (Ezekiel 44:20-24, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"20. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. 21. Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court."

"22. Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest."

"23. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24. In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy." (Ezekiel 44:20-24, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"20. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. 21. Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court."

"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. ^{put: Heb. thrust forth} ^{that had: Heb. from a priest}"

"23. And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24. And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths." (Ezekiel 44:20-24, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"20. And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads. 21. And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court."

"22. And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but, virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take."

"23. 'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern. 24. And concerning controversy, they stand up for judgment; with My judgments they judge it; and My law and My statutes in all My appointed places they keep; and My sabbaths they sanctify." (Ezekiel 44:20-24, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H1330 - bethulah

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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