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A priest and spouse sort grain and prepare food together in a modest courtyard.
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Ezekiel 44:22

A household rule

The Shut Gate and Holy Service · Ezekiel 44

Story guide: The priestly household accompanies the marriage rule given here, limiting whom a priest may marry.

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22They shall not take for themselves as wives a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel; however, they may take a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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