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Ezekiel 44:22

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Neither: This was prohibited only to the high priest under the law; but is here extended to all the priests, perhaps to intimate the superior sanctity of the times to which it refers.

a widow: Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:13-14; 1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:4-5, 1 Timothy 3:11-12; Titus 1:6

put away: Heb. thrust forth, Deuteronomy 24:1-4

that had a priest before: Heb. from a priest

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