Ezekiel 44:23
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And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.

Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have despised my law, and have defiled my sanctuaries: they have put no difference between holy and profane: nor have distinguished between the polluted and the clean: and they have turned away their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

Leviticus 10:10,11 And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean: . . .

Deuteronomy 33:10 Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.

Hosea 4:6 My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Micah 3:9-11 But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin. . . .

Zephaniah 3:4 Her prophets are senseless, men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

Haggai 2:11-13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying: . . .

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 in equity, and turned many away from iniquity. . . .

2 Timothy 2:24,25 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient, . . .

Titus 1:9-11 Embracing that faithful word which is according to doctrine, that he may be able to exhort in sound doctrine and to convince the gainsayers. . . .

Context
The Duties of the Priests
22Neither shall they take to wife a widow, nor one that is divorced, but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel: but they may take a widow also, that is, the widow of a priest. 23And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.24And when there shall be a controversy, they shall stand in my judgments, and shall judge: they shall keep my laws, and my ordinances in all my solemnities, and sanctify my sabbaths.…
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10
And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:

Leviticus 11:47
That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.

Leviticus 13:50
And he shall look upon it and shall shut it up seven days.

Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my face; and thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou shalt not be turned to them.

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have despised my law, and have defiled my sanctuaries: they have put no difference between holy and profane: nor have distinguished between the polluted and the clean: and they have turned away their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

Ezekiel 42:20
By the four winds he measured the wall thereof on every side round about, five hundred cubits and five hundred cubits broad, making a separation between the sanctuary and the place of the people.

Hosea 4:6
My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Micah 3:9
But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are senseless, men without faith: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have acted unjustly against the law.

Haggai 2:11
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:

Malachi 2:6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity.

Lexicon
They are to teach
יוֹר֔וּ (yō·w·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

My people
עַמִּ֣י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

the difference between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the holy
קֹ֖דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

and the common,
לְחֹ֑ל (lə·ḥōl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2455: Profaneness, commonness

and show them how to discern
יוֹדִעֻֽם׃ (yō·w·ḏi·‘um)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

between
וּבֵין־ (ū·ḇên-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the clean
לְטָה֖וֹר (lə·ṭā·hō·wr)
Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: Clean, pure

and the unclean.
טָמֵ֥א (ṭā·mê)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2931: Unclean


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

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

And they shall teach my people to distinguish between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them the difference between unclean and clean.

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

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

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

They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

'And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
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