Bible Cross References
as the flock
Exodus 23:17
Every year at these three festivals all your men must come to worship me, the Lord your God.
Exodus 34:23
"Three times a year all of your men must come to worship me, the LORD, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:16
"All the men of your nation are to come to worship the LORD three times a year at the one place of worship: at Passover, Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Shelters. Each man is to bring a gift
2 Chronicles 7:8
Solomon and all the people of Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people from as far away as Hamath Pass in the north and the Egyptian border in the south.
2 Chronicles 30:21-27
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For seven days the people who had gathered in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread with great joy, and day after day the Levites and the priests praised the LORD with all their strength.
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Hezekiah praised the Levites for their skill in conducting the worship of the LORD. After the seven days during which they offered sacrifices in praise of the LORD, the God of their ancestors,
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they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy.
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King Hezekiah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the people to kill and eat, and the officials gave them another 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. A large number of priests went through the ritual of purification.
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So everyone was happy---the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.
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The city of Jerusalem was filled with joy, because nothing like this had happened since the days of King Solomon, the son of David.
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The priests and the Levites asked the LORD's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.
2 Chronicles 35:7-19
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For the use of the people at the Passover, King Josiah contributed from his own herds and flocks 30,000 sheep, lambs, and young goats, and 3,000 bulls.
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His officials also made contributions for the people, the priests, and the Levites to use. And the officials in charge of the Temple---Hilkiah, the High Priest, Zechariah, and Jehiel---gave the priests 2,600 lambs and young goats and 300 bulls for sacrifices during the festival.
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The leaders of the Levites---Conaniah, Shemaiah and his brother Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad---contributed 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls for the Levites to offer as sacrifices.
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When everything was arranged for the Passover, the priests and the Levites took their posts, as commanded by the king.
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After the lambs and goats had been killed, the Levites skinned them, and the priests sprinkled the blood on the altar.
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Then they divided among the people, by family groups, the animals for burnt offerings, so that they could offer them according to the instructions in the Law of Moses.
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The Levites roasted the Passover sacrifices over the fire, according to the regulations, and boiled the sacred offerings in pots, kettles, and pans, and quickly distributed the meat to the people.
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After this was done, the Levites provided meat for themselves and for the priests descended from Aaron, for the priests were kept busy until night, burning the animals that were burned whole and the fat of the sacrifices.
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The following musicians of the Levite clan of Asaph were in the places assigned to them by King David's instructions: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's prophet. The guards at the Temple gates did not need to leave their posts, because the other Levites prepared the Passover for them.
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So, as King Josiah had commanded, everything was done that day for the worship of the LORD, the keeping of the Passover Festival, and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar.
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For seven days all the people of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
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Since the days of the prophet Samuel, the Passover had never been celebrated like this. None of the former kings had ever celebrated a Passover like this one celebrated by King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, and the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem
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in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
Zechariah 8:19-23
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"The fasts held in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become festivals of joy and gladness for the people of Judah. You must love truth and peace."
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The LORD Almighty says, "The time is coming when people from many cities will come to Jerusalem.
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Those from one city will say to those from another, 'We are going to worship the LORD Almighty and pray for his blessing. Come with us!'
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Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to worship the LORD Almighty and to pray for his blessing.
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In those days ten foreigners will come to one Jew and say, 'We want to share in your destiny, because we have heard that God is with you.' "
Acts 2:5-11
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There were Jews living in Jerusalem, religious people who had come from every country in the world.
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When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.
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In amazement and wonder they exclaimed, "These people who are talking like this are Galileans!
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How is it, then, that all of us hear them speaking in our own native languages?
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We are from Parthia, Media, and Elam; from Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia; from Pontus and Asia,
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from Phrygia and Pamphylia, from Egypt and the regions of Libya near Cyrene. Some of us are from Rome,
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both Jews and Gentiles converted to Judaism, and some of us are from Crete and Arabia---yet all of us hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things that God has done!"
the waste
Ezekiel 36:33-35
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The Sovereign LORD says, "When I make you clean from all your sins, I will let you live in your cities again and let you rebuild the ruins.
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Everyone who used to walk by your fields saw how overgrown and wild they were, but I will let you farm them again.
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Everyone will talk about how this land, which was once a wilderness, has become like the Garden of Eden, and how the cities which were torn down, looted, and left in ruins, are now inhabited and fortified.
Ezekiel 34:31
"You, my sheep, the flock that I feed, are my people, and I am your God," says the Sovereign LORD.
Jeremiah 30:19
The people who live there will sing praise; they will shout for joy. By my blessing they will increase in numbers; my blessing will bring them honor.
Jeremiah 31:27
"I, the LORD, say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.
Jeremiah 31:28
And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.
John 10:16
There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
Revelation 7:4-9
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And I was told that the number of those who were marked with God's seal on their foreheads was 144,000. They were from the twelve tribes of Israel,
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twelve thousand from each tribe: Judah, Reuben, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Manasseh, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin.
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After this I looked, and there was an enormous crowd---no one could count all the people! They were from every race, tribe, nation, and language, and they stood in front of the throne and of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.