Ezekiel 44:24

They shall also act as judges in causes that arise among the people. It is not certain that Ezek. commits the office of judge to the priests exclusively, cf. Ezekiel 45:9. In Deuteronomy 17:8 seq., Deuteronomy 19:17; Deuteronomy 21:5 the priests sit in difficult cases along with the judges who shall be in those days (cf. Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Exodus 18:21-22). In Ezekiel's final state of the kingdom of the Lord, however, only cases of misunderstanding, not of wrong, would arise. Finally it is the duty of the priests to see that the laws and statutes of the Lord be observed at all the appointed seasons (A.V. assemblies), or sacred occasions (Ezekiel 45:17 seq.), and that the sabbath be sanctified, cf. Ezekiel 22:26.