Deuteronomy 33:10
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10 (A)They shall teach Jacob your rules
and Israel your law;
(B)they shall put incense before you
and (C)whole burnt offerings on your altar.
Psalm 51:19
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19 then will you delight in (A)right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and (B)whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Leviticus 10:11
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11 and (A)you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”
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Ezekiel 43:27
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27 And when they have completed these days, then (A)from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your (B)peace offerings, and (C)I will accept you, declares the Lord God.”
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1 Samuel 2:28
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28 (A)Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, (B)to wear an ephod before me? (C)I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
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Deuteronomy 17:9-11
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9 (A)And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and (B)they shall declare to you the decision. 10 Then you shall do according to what they declare to you from that place that the Lord will choose. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they direct you. 11 According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.
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Exodus 30:7-8
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7 And Aaron shall (A)burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he (B)dresses the lamps he shall burn it, 8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he shall burn it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.
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Revelation 8:3-5
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3 And another angel came and stood (A)at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with (B)the prayers of all the saints on (C)the golden altar before the throne, 4 and (D)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and (E)filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and (F)there were peals of (G)thunder, rumblings,[a] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
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- Revelation 8:5 Or voices, or sounds
Hebrews 9:24
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24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places (A)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God (B)on our behalf.
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Hebrews 7:25
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25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] (A)those who draw near to God (B)through him, since he always lives (C)to make intercession for them.
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- Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times
John 21:15-16
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Jesus and Peter
15 When they had (A)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, (B)“Simon, (C)son of John, (D)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed (E)my lambs.” 16 He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, (F)“Tend (G)my sheep.”
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Luke 1:9-10
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9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot (A)to enter (B)the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people (C)were praying (D)outside at the hour of incense.
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Matthew 23:2-3
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2 (A)“The scribes and the Pharisees (B)sit on Moses' seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, (C)but not the works they do. (D)For they preach, but do not practice.
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Malachi 2:6-8
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6 (A)True instruction[a] was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he (B)turned many from iniquity. 7 For (C)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people[b] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way. (D)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted (E)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,
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- Malachi 2:6 Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9
- Malachi 2:7 Hebrew they
Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Ezekiel 44:23-24
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23 (A)They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and (B)show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 (C)In a dispute, they shall act as judges, and they shall judge it according to my judgments. They shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts, and (D)they shall keep my Sabbaths holy.
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Nehemiah 8:18
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18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, (A)he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and (B)on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
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Nehemiah 8:13-15
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Feast of Booths Celebrated
13 On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses (A)that the people of Israel should dwell in booths[a] during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they should proclaim it and (B)publish it in all their towns and (C)in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring (D)branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.”
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- Nehemiah 8:14 Or temporary shelters
Nehemiah 8:1-9
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Ezra Reads the Law
8 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before (A)the Water Gate. And they told (B)Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest (C)brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, (D)on the first day of the seventh month. 3 (E)And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, (F)“Amen, Amen,” (G)lifting up their hands. (H)And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 (I)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,[a] (J)helped the people to understand the Law, (K)while the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly,[b] and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
This Day Is Holy
9 And Nehemiah, who was (L)the governor, and Ezra (M)the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, (N)“This day is holy to the Lord your God; (O)do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 8:7 Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites
- Nehemiah 8:8 Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph
2 Chronicles 30:22
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22 And Hezekiah spoke (A)encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing (B)peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 26:18
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18 and they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, (A)“It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, (B)but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the Lord God.”
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2 Chronicles 17:8-10
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8 (A)and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 And (B)they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the Lord with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
10 (C)And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
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Deuteronomy 31:9-13
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The Reading of the Law
9 Then Moses (A)wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, (B)who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, (C)“At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at (D)the Feast of Booths, 11 when all Israel comes (E)to appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose, (F)you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 (G)Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, 13 and that their children, (H)who have not known it, (I)may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, (J)as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
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Deuteronomy 24:8
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8 “Take care, in (A)a case of leprous[a] disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
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- Deuteronomy 24:8 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
Numbers 16:46
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46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for (A)wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.”
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