Bible Cross References
speak
Deuteronomy 17:9-11
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and present your case to the levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time, and let them decide the case.
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They will give their decision, and you are to do exactly as they tell you.
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Accept their verdict and follow their instructions in every detail.
Deuteronomy 33:10
They will teach your people to obey your Law; They will offer sacrifices on your altar.
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.
Ezekiel 44:24
When a legal dispute arises, the priests are to decide the case according to my laws. They are to keep the religious festivals according to my rules and regulations, and they are to keep the Sabbaths holy.
Hosea 4:6
My people are doomed because they do not acknowledge me. You priests have refused to acknowledge me and have rejected my teaching, and so I reject you and will not acknowledge your sons as my priests.
Haggai 2:11
He said, "Ask the priests for a ruling on this question:
Malachi 2:7
It is the duty of priests to teach the true knowledge of God. People should go to them to learn my will, because they are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
Should
Zechariah 7:5
He said, "Tell the people of the land and the priests that when they fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during these seventy years, it was not in honor of me.
Nehemiah 8:9-11
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When the people heard what the Law required, they were so moved that they began to cry. So Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra, the priest and scholar of the Law, and the Levites who were explaining the Law told all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God, so you are not to mourn or cry.
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Now go home and have a feast. Share your food and wine with those who don't have enough. Today is holy to our Lord, so don't be sad. The joy that the LORD gives you will make you strong."
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The Levites went around calming the people and telling them not to be sad on such a holy day.
Nehemiah 9:1-3
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On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They had already separated themselves from all foreigners. They wore sackcloth and put dust on their heads as signs of grief. Then they stood and began to confess the sins that they and their ancestors had committed.
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For about three hours the Law of the LORD their God was read to them, and for the next three hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
He sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy, the time for mourning and the time for dancing,
Isaiah 22:12
The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.
Isaiah 22:13
Instead, you laughed and celebrated. You killed sheep and cattle to eat, and you drank wine. You said, "We might as well eat and drink! Tomorrow we'll be dead."
Joel 2:17
The priests, serving the LORD between the altar and the entrance of the Temple, must weep and pray: "Have pity on your people, LORD. Do not let other nations despise us and mock us by saying, 'Where is your God?' "
Matthew 9:15
Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
James 4:8-10
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Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
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Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!
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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
fifth
Zechariah 8:19
"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."
2 Kings 25:8
On the seventh day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem.
2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem,
Jeremiah 52:12-14
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On the tenth day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, Nebuzaradan, adviser to the king and commander of his army, entered Jerusalem.
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He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;
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and his soldiers tore down the city walls.
separating
Zechariah 12:12-14
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Each family in the land will mourn by itself: the family descended from David, the family descended from Nathan, the family descended from Levi, the family descended from Shimei, and all the other families. Each family will mourn by itself, and the men of each family will mourn separately from the women.
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deny yourselves to each other, unless you first agree to do so for a while in order to spend your time in prayer; but then resume normal marital relations. In this way you will be kept from giving in to Satan's temptation because of your lack of self-control.