Ezekiel 44 · Verse 23

Ezekiel 44:23

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Ezekiel 44:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 44:23 in other translations

BSBThey 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.
WEBThey shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
ASVAnd they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
YLT‘And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
DARBYAnd they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
BBEAnd they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.
WebsterAnd they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Ezekiel 44:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971
יוֹר֔וּyo.Ruthey will instructH3384
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996
קֹ֖דֶשׁKo.desha holy thingH6944
לְחֹ֑לle.Choland a profane thingH2455
וּבֵין\־u.vein-and betweenH996
טָמֵ֥אta.Me'an unclean [thing]H2931
לְטָה֖וֹרle.ta.Horand a clean [thing]H2889
יוֹדִעֻֽם\׃yo.di.'Umthey will make known to themH3045

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 44:23

  • Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

  • Leviticus 10:10-11

    And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

  • 2 Timothy 2:24-25

    And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  • Malachi 2:6-9

    The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

  • Zephaniah 3:4

    Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

  • Haggai 2:11-13

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

  • Deuteronomy 33:10

    They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

  • Titus 1:9-11

    Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

  • Micah 3:9-11

    Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22:26; Le 10:10,11; De 33:10; Ho 4:6; Mic 3:9-11; Zep 3:4
Hag 2:11-13; Mal 2:6-9; 2Ti 2:24,25; Tit 1:9-11

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Context

  • Ezekiel 44:22

    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.

  • Ezekiel 44:23

    And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Ezekiel 44:24

    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.

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Ezekiel 44:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y enseñarán á mi pueblo á hacer diferencia entre lo santo y lo profano, y les enseñarán á discernir entre lo limpio y lo no limpio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils instruiront mon peuple à distinguer entre ce qui est saint et ce qui est profane, et lui feront connaître la différence entre ce qui est impur et ce qui est pur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie sollen mein Volk den Unterschied lehren zwischen Heiligem und Unheiligem, und sollen ihm den Unterschied kundtun zwischen Unreinem und Reinem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et populum meum docebunt quid sit inter sanctum et pollutum, et inter mundum et immundum ostendent eis.