2 Chronicles 26:18
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18 they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to make offering to the Lord, but for the priests the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to make offering. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully, and it will bring you no honor from the Lord God.”(A)
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Exodus 30:7-8
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7 Aaron shall offer fragrant incense on it; every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall offer it,(A) 8 and when Aaron sets up the lamps in the evening, he shall offer it, a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.
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Numbers 18:7
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7 But you and your sons with you shall diligently perform your priestly duties in all that concerns the altar and the area behind the curtain. I give your priesthood as a gift;[a] any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.”(A)
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- 18.7 Heb as a service of gift
Hebrews 5:4
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4 And one does not presume to take this honor but takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.(A)
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Jeremiah 13:18
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18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for your beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”[a](A)
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- 13.18 Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Chronicles 19:2
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2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord.(A)
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James 2:1
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Warning against Partiality
2 My brothers and sisters, do not claim the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory while showing partiality.(A)
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Galatians 2:11
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Paul Rebukes Peter at Antioch
11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood self-condemned,(A)
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2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view;[a] even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view,[b] we no longer know him in that way.(A)
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1 Corinthians 5:5
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5 you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.[a](A)
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- 5.5 Other ancient authorities add Jesus
John 5:44
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44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God?[a](A)
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- 5.44 Other manuscripts read the Only One
Matthew 14:4
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4 because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(A)
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Matthew 10:28
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28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[a]
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- 10.28 Gk Gehenna
Matthew 10:18
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18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the gentiles.(A)
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Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
for all his works are truth,
and his ways are justice;
he is able to bring low
those who walk in pride.(A)
2 Chronicles 16:7-9
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7 At that time the seer Hanani came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Aram and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped you.(A) 8 Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a huge army with exceedingly many chariots and cavalry? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand.(B) 9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”(C)
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(A)
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Numbers 16:46-48
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46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire on it from the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them. For wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.”(A) 47 So Aaron took it as Moses had ordered and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense and made atonement for the people.(B) 48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.(C)
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Numbers 16:39-40
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39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been presented by those who were burned, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar— 40 a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, shall approach to offer incense before the Lord, so as not to become like Korah and his congregation, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.(A)
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