Ezekiel 44:15-31 - The Priests' Duties And Privileges
15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me, and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Jehovah. 16 They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall come near My table, to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge. 17 And it shall be, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with bleached linen clothing. And no wool shall come on them while they serve in the gates of the inner court, and inside. 18 Turbans of bleached linen shall be on their heads, and shall have bleached linen undergarments on their loins. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat. 19 And when they go out into the outer court, even into the outer court of the people, they shall put off their clothes in which they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers. And they shall put on other clothes, so that they shall not sanctify the people with their own clothes.
20 Nor shall they shave their heads nor allow their hair to grow long; they shall only trim their heads. 21 And every priest shall not drink wine when they enter the inner court. 22 Nor shall they take for their wives a widow nor her who is put away. But they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before. 23 And they shall teach My people to discern between the holy and common, and between the unclean and the clean.
24 And in a dispute they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to My judgments. And they shall keep My Laws and My statutes in all My assemblies, and they shall keep My sabbaths holy. 25 And he shall not come near any dead person to defile himself; but they may defile themselves for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband. 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for him. 27 And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord Jehovah.
28 And it shall be to them for an inheritance. I am their inheritance. And you shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession. 29 They shall eat the food offering, and the sin offering, and the guilt offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all, and every offering of all, of every kind of your sacrifices, shall be the priest's. You shall also give the priest the first of your dough, so that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house. 31 The priests shall not eat of anything that died of itself, or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.