Matthew 12:5
New King James Version
5 Or have you not read in the (A)law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple [a]profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?
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- Matthew 12:5 desecrate
Numbers 28:9-10
New King James Version
Sabbath Offerings
9 ‘And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering— 10 this is (A)the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.
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John 7:22-23
New King James Version
22 (A)Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, (B)but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because (C)I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
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Nehemiah 13:17
New King James Version
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day?
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Ezekiel 24:21
New King James Version
21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, (A)I will profane My sanctuary, [a]your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the [b]delight of your soul; (B)and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.
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- Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. the pride of your strength
- Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. compassion
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