Ezekiel 44:25

“And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Ezekiel 44:25

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselues: but for father or for mother, or for sonne or for daughter, for brother or for sister, that hath had no husband, they may defile themselues.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"They shall not go to a dead person to defile {themselves;} however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
- American Standard Version (1901)

They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.
- Basic English Bible

A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may become unclean.
- Darby Bible

And they shall come near no dead person, lest they be defiled, only their father and mother, and son and daughter, and brother and sister, that hath not had another husband: for whom they may become unclean.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
- English Revised Version

They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Ezekiel 44:25

Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 44:25


44:24 Shall judge - Shall determine the controversy. Assemblies - Publick congregations.

44:26 Cleansed - After for seven days he hath kept from the dead. They - The priests, who are about the house of God, shall appoint seven days more to this defiled person for his cleansing before he is admitted into the sanctuary.


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