Ezekiel 42:13-14

42:13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests ¹  who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings – the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy. 42:14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

Leviticus 6:10-11

6:10 Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings ²  over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, ³  and he must place them ⁴  beside the altar. 6:11 Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially ⁵  clean place,

¹ sn The priests are from the Zadokite family (Ezek 40:6; 44:15).

² tn The exact nature of this article of the priest’s clothing is difficult to determine. Cf. KJV, ASV “breeches”; NAB “drawers”; NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “undergarments”; NCV “underclothes”; CEV “underwear”; TEV “shorts.”

³ tn Heb “he shall lift up the fatty ashes which the fire shall consume the burnt offering on the altar.”

⁴ tn Heb “it,” referring the “fatty ashes” as a single unit.

⁵ tn The word “ceremonially” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that the uncleanness of the place involved is ritual or ceremonial in nature.