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17 And it will be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with (A)linen garments; and wool shall not [a]be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house. 18 Linen (B)headdresses shall be on their heads, and (C)linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall (D)put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will (E)not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

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  1. Ezekiel 44:17 Lit come upon

17 “‘When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen clothes;(A) they must not wear any woolen garment while ministering at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple. 18 They are to wear linen turbans(B) on their heads and linen undergarments(C) around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.(D) 19 When they go out into the outer court where the people are, they are to take off the clothes they have been ministering in and are to leave them in the sacred rooms, and put on other clothes, so that the people are not consecrated(E) through contact with their garments.(F)

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