Ezekiel 44:26

Reckon unto him seven days. — In Ezekiel 44:23, the general duties of the priests are prescribed in terms taken from the Mosaic law, and in Ezekiel 44:25 special instructions are given about the defilement from a dead body. These are in general an exact repetition of Leviticus 21:1; but, in accordance with the principle mentioned in the last Note, there is added to the ordinary cleansing of seven days (Numbers 19:11) another period of seven days, after which Ezekiel requires (Ezekiel 44:27) the priest to offer a sin offering before entering again on his duties.