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Ezekiel 44:22

American Standard Version

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.

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Ezekiel 44:22 in other translations

They shall not take for their wives a widow, or 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.

Ezekiel 44:22 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 44:22 in context

  1. 20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
  2. 21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
  3. 22Neither 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.
  4. 23And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  5. 24And 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.