Bible Cross References
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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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(SEE 22:26)
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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."
Numbers 18:3-5
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They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the Tent, but they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death.
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They are to work with you and fulfill their responsibilities for all the service in the Tent, but no unqualified person may work with you.
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You and your sons alone must fulfill the responsibilities for the Holy Place and the altar, so that my anger will not again break out against the people of Israel.
Acts 7:53
You are the ones who received God's law, that was handed down by angels---yet you have not obeyed it!"
1 Timothy 6:13
Before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who firmly professed his faith before Pontius Pilate, I command you
2 Timothy 4:1
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and because he is coming to rule as King, I solemnly urge you
charge
Ezekiel 44:14
I am assigning to them the menial work that is to be done in the Temple."
Ezekiel 44:16
They alone will enter my Temple, serve at my altar, and conduct the Temple worship.
Ezekiel 40:45
The man told me that the room which faced south was for the priests who served in the Temple,
Ezekiel 40:46
and the room which faced north was for the priests who served at the altar. All the priests are descended from Zadok; they are the only members of the tribe of Levi who are permitted to go into the LORD's presence to serve him.
1 Chronicles 23:32
They were given the responsibility of taking care of the Tent of the LORD's presence and the Temple, and of assisting their relatives, the priests descended from Aaron, in the Temple worship.
Ezra 8:24-30
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From among the leading priests I chose Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten others.
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Then I weighed out the silver, the gold, and the utensils which the emperor, his advisers and officials, and the people of Israel had given to be used in the Temple, and I gave it to the priests.
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This is what I gave them: silver - 25 tons; 100 silver utensils - 150 pounds; gold - 7,500 pounds; 20 gold bowls - 270 ounces; fine bronze bowls, equal in value to gold bowls
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(SEE 8:26)
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I said to them, "You are sacred to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and so are all the silver and gold utensils brought to him as freewill offerings.
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Guard them carefully until you reach the Temple. There in the priests' rooms weigh them and turn them over to the leaders of the priests and of the Levites, and to the leaders of the people of Israel in Jerusalem."
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So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the utensils, to take them to the Temple in Jerusalem.