Ezekiel 44:23

“And my people they shall teach the difference between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they shall make them know.”

Ezekiel 44:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Ezekiel 44:23, word by word

And my peopleעַמִּami

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

Where else “ami” appears
they shall teachיוֹרוּyoru

teach

To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.

Where else “yoru” appears
holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
and commonחֹלchol

common

Common, for ordinary use: what is not set apart for God. It does not mean "bad".

Where else “chol” appears
uncleanטָמֵאtame

unclean

Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".

Where else “tame” appears
and cleanטָהוֹרtahor

clean

Fit under the law for worship, without stain.

Where else “tahor” appears
they shall make them knowיוֹדִעֻyodiu

know a person

To know someone.

Where else “yodiu” appears

The context

22And a widow or a divorced woman they shall not take for themselves as wives, but virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel; or the widow who is the widow of a priest they may take.

23 · This verse (above)

24And in a dispute they shall stand to judge; according to my rules they shall judge it; and my instructions and my statutes in all my appointed times they shall keep, and my Sabbaths they shall sanctify.

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