Ezekiel 44:25

“And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves, &c.] Shall not come into places where they are, nor touch them, nor attend their funerals, (<032101>Leviticus 21:1,11), that their work might not be interrupted, or they through grief and sorrow be made unfit for it, (<400822>Matthew 8:22), this, in a spiritual sense, may signify, that they should have no conversation or fellowship with men dead in trespasses and sins; and should abstain from all dead works, as all sinful ones are: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves; by coming near them, touching them, at least attending their…”

“Regulations as to the priests’ services. The garments of the priests are defined and various rules prescribed in the Law are repeated with some additions in order to denote additional care to avoid uncleanness. Ezekiel 44:18 The material of which the four vestments of the ordinary priest were made was “linen,” or, more accurately, “byssus,” the cotton stuff of Egypt. The two special qualities of the byssus - white and shining - are characteristic, and on them part of the symbolic meaning depended. Compare Revelation 19:8. Ezekiel 44:19 They shall not sanctify the people - They shall not touch the people with their holy garments. The word “sanctify” is used because the effect of touching was…”

“Lev 21:1-6, Lev 22:4; Mat 8:21, Mat 8:22; Luk 9:59, Luk 9:60; Co2 5:16; Th1 4:13-15 Ezekiel 44:26”