Bible Cross References
priests
1 Samuel 2:12-17
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The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the LORD
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or to the regulations concerning what the priests could demand from the people. Instead, when someone was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come with a three-pronged fork. While the meat was still cooking,
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he would stick the fork into the cooking pot, and whatever the fork brought out belonged to the priest. All the Israelites who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices were treated like this.
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In addition, even before the fat was taken off and burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the one offering the sacrifice, "Give me some meat for the priest to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, only raw meat."
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If the person answered, "Let us do what is right and burn the fat first; then take what you want," the priest's servant would say, "No! Give it to me now! If you don't, I will have to take it by force!"
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This sin of the sons of Eli was extremely serious in the LORD's sight, because they treated the offerings to the LORD with such disrespect.
1 Samuel 2:22-17
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.
Jeremiah 2:26
The LORD says, "Just as a thief is disgraced when caught, so all you people of Israel will be disgraced---your kings and officials, your priests and prophets.
Jeremiah 2:27
You will all be disgraced---you that say that a tree is your father and that a rock is your mother. This will happen because you turned away from me instead of turning to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and save you.
Lamentations 4:13
But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.
Micah 3:11
The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
Micah 3:12
And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.
Zephaniah 3:3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.
Zephaniah 3:4
The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.
Malachi 1:6-8
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The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father---why don't you honor me? I am your master---why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, 'How have we despised you?'
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This is how---by offering worthless food on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have we failed to respect you?' I will tell you---by showing contempt for my altar.
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When you bring a blind or sick or lame animal to sacrifice to me, do you think there's nothing wrong with that? Try giving an animal like that to the governor! Would he be pleased with you or grant you any favors?"
Malachi 2:1-3
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The LORD Almighty says to the priests, "This command is for you:
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You must honor me by what you do. If you will not listen to what I say, then I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. In fact, I have already put a curse on them, because you do not take my command seriously.
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I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice---and you will be taken out to the dung heap.
Malachi 2:8-3
profaned
Leviticus 22:2-33
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to tell Aaron and his sons, "You must not bring disgrace on my holy name, so treat with respect the sacred offerings that the people of Israel dedicate to me. I am the LORD.
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If any of your descendants, while he is ritually unclean, comes near the sacred offerings which the people of Israel have dedicated to me, he can never again serve at the altar. This applies for all time to come. I am the LORD.
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"None of the descendants of Aaron who has a dreaded skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the sacred offerings until he is ritually clean. Any priest is unclean if he touches anything which is unclean through contact with a corpse or if he has an emission of semen
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or if he has touched an unclean animal or person.
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Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening, and even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has taken a bath.
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After the sun sets he is clean, and then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.
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He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the LORD.
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"All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will become guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the LORD and I make them holy.
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"Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings; no one else may eat them---not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.
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But a priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives.
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A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings.
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But a widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependent may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.
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"If any people who are not members of a priestly family eat any of the sacred offerings without intending to, they must repay the priest its full value plus an additional 20 percent.
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The priests shall not profane the sacred offerings
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by letting any unauthorized people eat them; this would bring guilt and punishment on such people. I am the LORD and I make the offerings holy."
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The LORD commanded Moses
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to give Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel the following regulations. When any Israelite or any foreigner living in Israel presents a burnt offering, whether as fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, the animal must not have any defects.
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To be accepted, it must be a male without any defects.
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If you offer any animal that has any defects, the LORD will not accept it.
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When anyone presents a fellowship offering to the LORD, whether as fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering, the animal must be without any defects if it is to be accepted.
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Do not offer to the LORD any animal that is blind or crippled or mutilated, or that has a running sore or a skin eruption or scabs. Do not offer any such animals on the altar as a food offering.
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As a freewill offering you may offer an animal that is stunted or not perfectly formed, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
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Do not offer to the LORD any animal whose testicles have been crushed, cut, bruised, or torn off. This is not permitted in your land.
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Do not offer as a food offering any animal obtained from a foreigner. Such animals are considered defective and are not acceptable.
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When a calf or a lamb or a kid is born, it must not be taken from its mother for seven days, but after that it is acceptable as a food offering.
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Do not sacrifice a cow and its calf or a sheep and its lamb or a goat and its kid on the same day.
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When you offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, follow the rules so that you will be accepted;
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eat it the same day and leave none of it until the next morning.
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The LORD said, "Obey my commands; I am the LORD.
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Do not bring disgrace on my holy name; all the people of Israel must acknowledge me to be holy. I am the LORD and I make you holy;
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and I brought you out of Egypt to become your God. I am the LORD."
1 Samuel 2:15
In addition, even before the fat was taken off and burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the one offering the sacrifice, "Give me some meat for the priest to roast; he won't accept boiled meat from you, only raw meat."
1 Samuel 2:29
Why, then, do you look with greed at the sacrifices and offerings which I require from my people? Why, Eli, do you honor your sons more than me by letting them fatten themselves on the best parts of all the sacrifices my people offer to me?
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Ezekiel 44:23
"The priests are to teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is ritually clean and what is not.
Leviticus 10:1-3
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Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put live coals in it, added incense, and presented it to the LORD. But this fire was not holy, because the LORD had not commanded them to present it.
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Suddenly the LORD sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the LORD.
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Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD was speaking about when he said, 'All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.' " But Aaron remained silent.
Leviticus 10:10-3
Leviticus 11:47
You must be careful to distinguish between what is ritually clean and unclean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.
Leviticus 20:25
So then, you must make a clear distinction between animals and birds that are ritually clean and those that are not. Do not eat unclean animals or birds. I have declared them unclean, and eating them would make you unclean.
Jeremiah 15:19
To this the LORD replied, "If you return, I will take you back, and you will be my servant again. If instead of talking nonsense you proclaim a worthwhile message, you will be my prophet again. The people will come back to you, and you will not need to go to them.
Haggai 2:11-13
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He said, "Ask the priests for a ruling on this question:
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Suppose someone takes a piece of consecrated meat from a sacrifice and carries it in a fold of his robe. If he then lets his robe touch any bread, cooked food, wine, olive oil, or any kind of food at all, will it make that food consecrated also?" When the question was asked, the priests answered, "No."
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Then Haggai asked, "Suppose someone is defiled because he has touched a dead body. If he then touches any of these foods, will that make them defiled too?" The priests answered, "Yes."
hid their
Ezekiel 22:8
You have no respect for the holy places, and you don't keep the Sabbath.
Ezekiel 20:12
I made the keeping of the Sabbath a sign of the agreement between us, to remind them that I, the LORD, make them holy.
Ezekiel 20:13
But even in the desert they defied me. They broke my laws and rejected my commands, which bring life to anyone who obeys them. They completely profaned the Sabbath. I was ready to let them feel the force of my anger there in the desert and to destroy them.
I am profaned
Ezekiel 36:20
Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, 'These are the people of the LORD, but they had to leave his land.'
Romans 2:24
The scripture says, "Because of you Jews, the Gentiles speak evil of God."