Consecration of the Priests
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"And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: a Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
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"and b unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).
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"You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
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"And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, c and you shall wash them with water.
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d "Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with e the intricately woven band of the ephod.
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f "You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
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"And you shall take the anointing g oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
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"Then h you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.
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"And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. i The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall j consecrate Aaron and his sons.
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"You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and k Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
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"Then you shall kill the bull before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
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"You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on l the horns of the altar with your finger, and m pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.
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"And n you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
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"But o the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
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p "You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall q put their hands on the head of the ram;
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"and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and r sprinkle it all around on the altar.
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"Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head.
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"And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a s burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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t "You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
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"Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.
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"And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of u the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and v he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
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"Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
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w "one loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD;
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"and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall x wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
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y "You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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"Then you shall take z the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.
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"And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate a the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons.
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"It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons b by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; c it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the LORD.
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"And the d holy garments of Aaron e shall be his sons' after him, f to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them.
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g "That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for h seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.
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"And you shall take the ram of the consecration and i boil its flesh in the holy place.
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"Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the j bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
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k "They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; l but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy.
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"And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then m you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
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"Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. n Seven days you shall consecrate them.
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"And you o shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. p You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.
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"Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. q Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
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"Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: r two lambs of the first year, s day by day continually.
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"One lamb you shall offer t in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.
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"With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
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"And the other lamb you shall u offer at twilight; and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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"This shall be v a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, w where I will meet you to speak with you.
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"And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle x shall be sanctified by My glory.
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"So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also y consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.
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z "I will dwell among the children of Israel and will a be their God.
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"And they shall know that b I am the LORD their God, who c brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
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Leviticus 8:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
Hebrews 7:26 - 28
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
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Leviticus 2:4
And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Leviticus 6:19 - 23
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
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Exodus 40:12
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.
Leviticus 8:6
Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Exodus 28:2
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
Leviticus 8:7
And he put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him.
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Exodus 28:8
And the intricately woven band of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, made of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen.
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Exodus 28:36
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 28:37
And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
Leviticus 8:9
And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 25:6
Oil for the light, and spices for the anointing...
Exodus 30:25 - 31
And you shall make from these a holy anointing ...
Leviticus 8:12
And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaro...
Leviticus 10:7
You shall not go out from the door of the taber...
Leviticus 21:10
He who is the high priest among his brethren, o...
Numbers 35:25
So the congregation shall deliver the manslayer...
Psalms 133:2
It is like the precious oil upon the head, Runn...
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Exodus 28:39
You shall skillfully weave the tunic of fine linen thread, you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the sash of woven work.
Exodus 28:40
For Aaron's sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes for them. And you shall make hats for them, for glory and beauty.
Leviticus 8:13
Then Moses brought Aaron's sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 40:15
"You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations."
Numbers 3:10
"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."
Numbers 18:7
"Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."
Numbers 25:13
'and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
Deuteronomy 18:5
For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
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Exodus 28:41
So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Leviticus 8:1
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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Leviticus 1:4
Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
Leviticus 8:14
And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.
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Leviticus 8:15
And Moses killed it. Then he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.
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Exodus 27:2
You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it. And you shall overlay it with bronze.
Exodus 30:2
A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width - it shall be square - and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
Leviticus 4:7
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of meeting; and he shall pour the remaining blood of the bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
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Leviticus 1:8
Then the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.
Leviticus 3:3
Then he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails.
Leviticus 3:4
The two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove.
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Leviticus 4:11
But the bull's hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal -
Leviticus 4:12
The whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Leviticus 4:21
Then he shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is a sin offering for the assembly.
Hebrews 13:11
For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.
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Leviticus 8:18
Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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Leviticus 1:4 - 9
Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
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Exodus 24:6
And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Leviticus 1:5
He shall kill the bull before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Leviticus 1:11
He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the LORD; and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.
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Exodus 20:24
An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.
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Leviticus 8:22
And he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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Exodus 30:25
And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
Exodus 30:31
And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
Leviticus 8:30
Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
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Exodus 28:41
So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Exodus 29:1
And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish.
Hebrews 9:22
And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
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Leviticus 8:26
And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh.
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Leviticus 7:30
His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 10:14
The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons' due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
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Leviticus 8:28
Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Leviticus 7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
Leviticus 7:34
'For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.'"
Leviticus 8:29
And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD. It was Moses' part of the ram of consecration, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 7:31
And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
Leviticus 7:34
'For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.'"
Numbers 18:11
This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as an ordinance forever. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.
Numbers 18:18
And their flesh shall be yours, just as the wave breast and the right thigh are yours.
Deuteronomy 18:3
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
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Leviticus 10:15
"The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to offer as a wave offering before the LORD. And it shall be yours and your sons' with you, by a statute forever, as the LORD has commanded."
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Leviticus 3:1
When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Leviticus 7:34
'For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.'"
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Exodus 28:2
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
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Numbers 20:26
"and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there."
Numbers 20:28
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
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Exodus 28:41
So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Exodus 30:30
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Numbers 18:8
And the LORD spoke to Aaron: "Here, I Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever.
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Numbers 20:28
Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
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Leviticus 8:35
"Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded."
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Leviticus 8:31
And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
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Matthew 12:4
How he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
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Leviticus 10:14
The breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons' due, which are given from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 10:15
"The thigh of the heave offering and the breast of the wave offering they shall bring with the offerings of fat made by fire, to offer as a wave offering before the LORD. And it shall be yours and your sons' with you, by a statute forever, as the LORD has commanded."
Leviticus 10:17
Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
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Exodus 12:43
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.
Leviticus 22:10
No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.
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Exodus 12:10
You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.
Exodus 23:18
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.
Exodus 34:25
You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, nor shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning.
Leviticus 7:18
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, nor shall it be imputed to him; it shall be an abomination to him who offers it, and the person who eats of it shall bear guilt.
Leviticus 8:32
What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
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Leviticus 8:33 - 35
And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.
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Hebrews 10:11
And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Exodus 30:26 - 29
With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony.
Exodus 40:10
You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.
Exodus 40:11
And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
Haggai 2:11 - 13
Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Now, ask the priests concerning the law, saying.
Matthew 23:19
Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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Numbers 28:3 - 31
And you shall say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.
Numbers 29:6 - 38
Besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
1 Chronicles 16:40
To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of the LORD which He commanded Israel.
Ezra 3:3
Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.
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Daniel 12:11
And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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Ezekiel 46:13 - 15
You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning.
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1 Kings 18:29
And when midday was past, they prophesied until...
1 Kings 18:36
And it came to pass, at the time of the offerin...
2 Kings 16:15
Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, say...
Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the ...
Ezra 9:5
At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fastin...
Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The...
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Exodus 30:8
And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
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Exodus 25:22
And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
Exodus 33:7
Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.
Exodus 33:9
And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
Numbers 17:4
Then you shall place them in the tabernacle of meeting before the Testimony, where I meet with you.
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Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meetin...
1 Kings 8:11
So that the priests could not continue minister...
2 Chronicles 5:14
So that the priests could not continue minister...
Ezekiel 43:5
The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the...
Haggai 2:7
And I will shake all nations, and they shall co...
Haggai 2:9
'The glory of this latter temple shall be great...
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Leviticus 21:15
'Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the LORD sanctify him.'"
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Exodus 25:8
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dw...
Leviticus 26:12
I will walk among you and be your God, and you ...
Numbers 5:3
"You shall put out both male and female; you sh...
Deuteronomy 12:11
Then there will be the place where the LORD you...
Zechariah 2:10
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behol...
John 14:17
The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot rece...
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone love...
Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "B...
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Genesis 17:8
"Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
Leviticus 11:45
For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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Exodus 16:12
"I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"
Exodus 20:2
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 4:35
To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
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Leviticus 11:45
For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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