Later text
When they enter the gates of the inner court, they are to wear linen garments; they must not wear anything made of wool when they minister at the gates of the inner court or inside the temple.
Intertextuality Pair
Ezekiel 44:17 → Leviticus 19:19
Allusion
Earlier text
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
Significance
Ezekiel 44:17-18 mandates pure linen garments with no wool for priests in the inner court, implementing the principle behind Leviticus 19:19's prohibition against wearing כִּלְאַיִם (kil'ayim, "mixed kinds")—garments of two different materials. The Holiness Code's general prohibition against mixing fabrics is applied by Ezekiel specifically to priestly vestments in sacred space. The requirement to avoid sweat-inducing wool when ministering before the LORD extends the Levitical purity concept: even involuntary bodily discharge becomes a concern in the heightened holiness zone of the inner court, where the boundary between holy and common must be maintained with absolute rigor.
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- Allusion
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