17 If anyone [a]defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 3:17 destroys

17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

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18 (A)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins (B)against his own body. 19 Or (C)do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, (D)and you are not your own? 20 For (E)you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [a]and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:20 NU omits the rest of v. 20.

18 Flee from sexual immorality.(A) All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.(B) 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(C) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(D) 20 you were bought at a price.(E) Therefore honor God with your bodies.(F)

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12 This is the law of the [a]temple: The whole area surrounding (A)the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.

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  1. Ezekiel 43:12 Lit. house

12 “This is the law of the temple: All the surrounding area(A) on top of the mountain will be most holy.(B) Such is the law of the temple.

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22 I will turn My face from them,
And they will defile My secret place;
For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

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22 I will turn my face(A) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(B)

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11 ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have (A)defiled My sanctuary with all your (B)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; (C)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity.

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11 Therefore as surely as I live,(A) declares the Sovereign(B) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(C) with all your vile images(D) and detestable practices,(E) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(F)

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20 ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has (A)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

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20 But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled(A) the sanctuary of the Lord.(B) The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.(C)

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38 Moreover they have done this to Me: They have (A)defiled My sanctuary on the same day and (B)profaned My Sabbaths. 39 For after they had slain their children for their idols, on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it; and indeed (C)thus they have done in the midst of My house.

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38 They have also done this to me: At that same time they defiled my sanctuary(A) and desecrated my Sabbaths.(B) 39 On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated(C) it. That is what they did in my house.(D)

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A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

79 O God, the [a]nations have come into (A)Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
(B)They have laid Jerusalem [b]in heaps.

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  1. Psalm 79:1 Gentiles
  2. Psalm 79:1 in ruins

Psalm 79

A psalm of Asaph.

O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance;(A)
    they have defiled(B) your holy temple,
    they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble.(C)

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(A)I will set My face against that man, and will [a]cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

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  1. Leviticus 20:3 Put him to death

I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people;(A) for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled(B) my sanctuary(C) and profaned my holy name.(D)

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11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.

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  1. Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
  2. Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin

11 Our holy and glorious temple,(A) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(B) lies in ruins.

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31 ‘Thus you shall (A)separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness when they (B)defile My tabernacle that is among them.

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31 “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not die in their uncleanness for defiling my dwelling place,[a](A) which is among them.’”

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  1. Leviticus 15:31 Or my tabernacle

Your testimonies are very sure;
Holiness adorns Your house,
O Lord, [a]forever.

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  1. Psalm 93:5 Lit. for length of days

Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
    holiness(A) adorns your house(B)
    for endless days.

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Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. (A)Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”

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“Do not come any closer,”(A) God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”(B)

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