And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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 My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
And they shall teach my people [the difference] between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)