translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: Tobiah, an Ammonite ( Neh 13:8 ), was dismissed from the temple.


text: Zadok was a descendant of Aaron through Eleazar ( 1 Chr 6:50-53 ), who served as a priest during David’s reign ( 2 Sam 8:17 ).


text: For a similar concept of the transmitting of holiness, see Exod 19:12-14 ; Lev 10:1-2 ; 2 Sam 6:7 . Similar laws concerning the priest are found in Lev 10 and 21 .


text: The shaving of the head was associated with mourning ( Ezek 7:18 ).


text: Letting the hair grow was associated with the taking of a vow ( Num 6:5 ; Acts 21:23-26 ).


text: This task was a fundamental role of the priest ( Lev 10:10 ).


text: For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11 .


text: This law was part of the legal code for priests ( Lev 21:1-3 ).


text: See Num 18:20 ; Deut 10:9; 18:2 ; Josh 13:33; 18:7 .