Ezekiel 44:7
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Leviticus 22:25
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25 Nor (A)from a foreigner’s hand shall you offer any of these as (B)the bread of your God, because their (C)corruption is in them, and defects are in them. They shall not be accepted on your behalf.’ ”
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Jeremiah 9:26
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26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the (A)farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (B)uncircumcised in the heart.”
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Ezekiel 44:9
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9 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.
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Jeremiah 4:4
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4 (A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
And take away the foreskins of your hearts,
You men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
Lest My fury come forth like fire,
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.”
Leviticus 26:41
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41 and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies;
if their (A)uncircumcised hearts are (B)humbled, and they (C)accept their guilt—
Genesis 17:14
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14 And the uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person (A)shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
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Acts 21:28
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28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man (A)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
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Acts 7:51
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Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You (A)stiff-necked[a] and (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
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- Acts 7:51 stubborn
Deuteronomy 10:16
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16 Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your (A)heart, and be (B)stiff-necked[a] no longer.
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- Deuteronomy 10:16 rebellious
Hebrews 8:9
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9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
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Colossians 2:11-13
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Not Legalism but Christ
11 In Him you were also (A)circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by (B)putting off the body [a]of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 (C)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (D)faith in the working of God, (E)who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
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- Colossians 2:11 NU omits of the sins
Romans 2:28-29
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28 For (A)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew (B)who is one inwardly; and (C)circumcision is that of the heart, (D)in the Spirit, not in the letter; (E)whose [a]praise is not from men but from God.
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- Romans 2:29 A play on words—Jew is literally praise.
John 6:52-58
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52 The Jews therefore (A)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless (B)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (C)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is [a]food indeed, and My blood is [b]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (D)abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 (E)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (F)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
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Malachi 1:12-14
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12 “But you profane it,
In that you say,
(A)‘The table of the [a]Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’
13 You also say,
‘Oh, what a (B)weariness!’
And you sneer at it,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
Thus you bring an offering!
(C)Should I accept this from your hand?”
Says the Lord.
14 “But cursed be (D)the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord (E)what is blemished—
For (F)I am a great King,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.
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- Malachi 1:12 So with Bg.; MT Lord
Malachi 1:7
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7 “You offer (A)defiled food on My altar,
But say,
‘In what way have we defiled You?’
By saying,
(B)‘The table of the Lord is [a]contemptible.’
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- Malachi 1:7 Or to be despised
Ezekiel 43:7-8
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7 And He said to me, “Son of man, this is (A)the place of My throne and (B)the place of the soles of My feet, (C)where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. (D)No more shall the house of Israel defile My holy name, they nor their kings, by their [a]harlotry or with (E)the carcasses of their kings on their high places. 8 (F)When they set their threshold by My threshold, and their doorpost by My doorpost, with a wall between them and Me, they defiled My holy name by the abominations which they committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
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- Ezekiel 43:7 Unfaithful idolatry
Ezekiel 22:26
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26 (A)Her priests have [a]violated My law and (B)profaned My holy things; they have not (C)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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- Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
Ezekiel 7:20
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20 ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
(A)But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.
Jeremiah 31:32
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32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that (A)I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, [a]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 31:32 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. and I turned away from them
Jeremiah 11:10
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10 They have turned back to (A)the iniquities of their forefathers who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers.”
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Isaiah 56:6-7
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6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—
7 Even them I will (A)bring to My holy mountain,
And make them joyful in My (B)house of prayer.
(C)Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Will be (D)accepted on My altar;
For (E)My house shall be called a house of prayer (F)for all nations.”
Isaiah 24:5
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5 (A)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have (B)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the (C)everlasting covenant.
Deuteronomy 31:20
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20 When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves (A)and grown fat, (B)then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant.
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Deuteronomy 31:16
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16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will [a]rest with your fathers; and this people will (A)rise and (B)play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will (C)forsake Me and (D)break My covenant which I have made with them.
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- Deuteronomy 31:16 Die and join your ancestors
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