Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:13:

• Kupsabiny: “They are not allowed to do the work of priests and they are not allowed to come near any holy thing. This is the pain they shall carry/endure for the evil they were doing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Starting now I will- no-longer -allow them to serve as priests. They also can- not -touch my holy things or my holy offerings. They must suffer in shame because of their detestable deeds.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They must not come near me to serve as priests. They must not come near any sacred things or the holy offerings. They must be ashamed of the shameful things that they did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:14:

• Kupsabiny: “I will appoint those people to do only the word of preparing and sweeping my House.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I will- just -make them as helpers in all the work in the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:15:

• Kupsabiny: “But the priests that I am accepting to do the work of sacrifices are those of the clan of Levi from the house of Zadok those who honored me and made sacrifices when all the people of Israel turned their back on me. So they are the ones to make sacrifices of fat and blood before me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘But the priests who came from the tribe of Levi and descendants of Zadok who faithfully served me in the temple when the Israelinhon turned-away from me, they can-serve me. They (will-be)-the-(ones-who) will-offer to me some fat and blood. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But most of the priests who are descendants of Levi and from the clan of Zadok worked in my temple when the other Israelis abandoned me. So they are permitted to come near to me to work for me. They will stand in my presence to offer sacrifices of animals’ fat and blood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:16:

• Kupsabiny: “They alone may enter that House of mine doing the work at the table of sacrifices and keep my will.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They alone can-enter my temple and can-come-near to my altar to serve me. They alone can-do what I ask-to-be-followed in my temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They are the only ones who are permitted to enter my temple. They are the only ones who are permitted to come near my altar to serve me and do what I tell them to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:17:

• Kupsabiny: “They are not allowed to wear clothes of hair of sheep when they do any work in that inner courtyard or the House of God. But when they enter the inner courtyard they must wear thin/light clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When they will-enter the way going-towards the inner courtyard of the temple, they need to-wear- linen -clothes They will- not -wear- wool -clothes while they serve in the inner courtyard or inside itself of the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When they enter one of the entrances into the inner courtyard, they must wear linen clothes. They must not wear any clothes made of wool while they do their work at the entrances of the inner courtyard or inside the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:18:

• Kupsabiny: “They are to wear turbans/head cloths that are light/thin and undergarments so they do not sweat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They need to wear-a- linen -turban and wear under-garment clothes which are also made of linen. They will- not even -wear anything that can-make- them -sweat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They must have linen turbans wrapped around their heads and wrap linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Before they go out into the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off their work clothes and leave them in the rooms of the priests, and then put on their everyday clothes so that people do not stumble (fall into sin) when they see those work clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When they will-go-out to the outer courtyard where there are people, they need to take-off first their clothes which are-being-used in serving and place/put-[them] there in the holy rooms, and then they will- just -wear ordinary clothes. In that way, the holiness of their clothes can- not -harm the people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Before they go out into the outer courtyard where other people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms, and they must put on other clothes, in order that the other people are not punished because of their touching the sacred clothes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 44:20:

• Kupsabiny: “The priests shall not shave their hair to make their heads smooth nor leave (it) to become long, but (they) must trim (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘They need not shave their head or let- their hair -grow-long, but-instead they will- just always -cut/trim it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The priests must not shave their heads or allow their hair to become long; but they must regularly trim the edges of their hair.” (Source: Translation for Translators)