Hosea 9:4
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Hosea 8:13
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Jeremiah 6:20
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Deuteronomy 26:14
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14 I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean,(A) nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.
Haggai 2:13-14
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13 Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”
“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.(A)”
14 Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people(B) and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer(C) there is defiled.
John 6:51
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51 I am the living bread(A) that came down from heaven.(B) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(C)
Malachi 2:13
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13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D)
Malachi 1:9-10
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9 “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings(A) from your hands, will he accept(B) you?”—says the Lord Almighty.
10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(C) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(D) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(E) no offering(F) from your hands.
Amos 8:11-12
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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
“when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
but they will not find it.(D)
Amos 5:22
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Amos 4:4-5
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4 “Go to Bethel(A) and sin;
go to Gilgal(B) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(C)
your tithes(D) every three years.[a](E)
5 Burn leavened bread(F) as a thank offering
and brag about your freewill offerings(G)—
boast about them, you Israelites,
for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.
Footnotes
- Amos 4:4 Or days
Joel 2:14
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Joel 1:13
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A Call to Lamentation
Ezekiel 24:22
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22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard(A) or eat the customary food of mourners.(B)
Isaiah 66:3
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3 But whoever sacrifices a bull(A)
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(C)
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(D)
and they delight in their abominations;(E)
Isaiah 57:6
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Isaiah 1:11-15
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11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(A)
I have no pleasure(B)
in the blood of bulls(C) and lambs and goats.(D)
12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,(E)
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(F)
Your incense(G) is detestable(H) to me.
New Moons,(I) Sabbaths and convocations(J)—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(K) feasts and your appointed festivals(L)
I hate with all my being.(M)
They have become a burden to me;(N)
I am weary(O) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(P) in prayer,
I hide(Q) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(R)
Nehemiah 8:9-12
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9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites(A) who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”(B) For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing(C) prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy(D) of the Lord is your strength.”
11 The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”
12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(E) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.
Numbers 28:2
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2 “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time(A) my food(B) offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’(C)
Leviticus 21:21
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21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect(A) is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord.(B) He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.(C)
Leviticus 21:17
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17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect(A) may come near to offer the food of his God.(B)
Leviticus 21:8
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8 Regard them as holy,(A) because they offer up the food of your God.(B) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.(C)
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