Ezekiel 44:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

When they enter: they must put on their priestly garments in the chambers that are appointed for vestries to them, where they put off the garments when the service was done, and where they put them on when they approached to the altar, Ezekiel 42:14. At the gates of the inner court; where the altar of burnt-offering stood, and where the temple, which is included, stood. @With linen garments; according to the law, Exodus 28:42,43. No wool; the reason hereof is given in the next verse. In the gates of the inner court; about the altar of burnt-offering. And within; in the temple itself, in every service of both.

Ezekiel 44:17

17 And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.