Text: Ezekiel 44:17-19
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 22:11
Subject: priestly linen garments and prohibition of mixed fabrics
Source: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Ezekiel 44:17-19 elaborates the priestly garment code requiring pure linen and forbidding wool, echoing Deuteronomy 22:11's prohibition against wearing שַׁעַטְנֵז (sha'atnez, mixed wool-and-linen fabric). The extended passage adds the regulation that priests must change garments when moving from the inner court to the outer court, so they "do not transmit holiness to the people through their garments" (44:19). This concern about holiness contagion through clothing extends the Deuteronomic fabric regulation into a comprehensive system of graded holiness: different zones of the temple require different vestments, and the sacred garments that contact the divine presence must not contact the common realm.