Ezekiel 22:26
22:26 Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane,
1 or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore
2 my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
Ezekiel 42:20
42:20 He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places.
Ezekiel 44:23
44:23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.
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Ezekiel 45:6
45:6 “‘Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles 4 wide and eight and a quarter miles 5 long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.
1 tn Or “between the consecrated and the common.”
2 tn Heb “hide their eyes from.” The idiom means to disregard or ignore something or someone (see Lev 20:4; 1 Sam 12:3; Prov 28:27; Isa 1:15).
3 sn This task was a fundamental role of the priest (Lev 10:10).
4 tn Heb “five thousand cubits” (i.e., 2.625 kilometers).
5 tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).