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"And they shall not ^(F1)marry a widow or a ^(C1)divorced woman, but shall ^(C2)take virgins from the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

"Moreover, they shall teach My people the ^(C1)difference between the holy and the ^(F1)common, and teach them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.

"In a dispute ^(C1)they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My ^(C2)appointed feasts, and ^(C3)sanctify My Sabbaths.

"^(F1)(C1)They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves.

"And after he is ^(C1)cleansed, seven days ^(F1)shall elapse for him.

"On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the ^(C1)inner courtyard to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his ^(C2)sin offering," declares the Lord GOD.