Leviticus 10:3
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3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said,
‘Through those who are near me
I will show myself holy,
and before all the people
I will be glorified.’ ”
And Aaron was silent.(A)
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Exodus 19:22
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22 Even the priests who approach the Lord must consecrate themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”(A)
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Isaiah 49:3
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3 And he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”(A)
Leviticus 21:6
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6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the Lord’s offerings by fire,[a] the food of their God; therefore they shall be holy.(A)
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- 21.6 Or the Lord’s gifts
Numbers 20:12
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12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me, to show my holiness before the eyes of the Israelites, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”(A)
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1 Chronicles 15:12-13
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12 He said to them, “You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.(A) 13 Because you did not carry it[a] the first time,[b] the Lord our God burst out against us because we did not give it proper care.”(B)
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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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Hebrews 12:28-29
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28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable worship with reverence and awe, 29 for indeed our God is a consuming fire.(A)
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Isaiah 52:11
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11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.(A)
Psalm 89:7
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7 a God feared in the council of the holy ones,
great and awesome[a] above all who are around him?(A)
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- 89.7 Gk Syr: Heb greatly awesome
1 Samuel 6:20
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20 Then the people of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom shall he go so that we may be rid of him?”(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:51
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51 because both of you broke faith with me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, by failing to maintain my holiness among the Israelites.(A)
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Leviticus 21:21
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21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire;[a] since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.(A)
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- 21.21 Or the Lord’s gifts
Leviticus 8:35
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35 You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, keeping the Lord’s charge so that you do not die, for so have I been commanded.”
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Leviticus 22:9
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9 They shall keep my charge, so that they may not incur guilt and die because of it for having profaned them: I am the Lord; I sanctify them.(A)
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Leviticus 21:17
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17 “Speak to Aaron and say: No one of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the food of his God.(A)
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Leviticus 21:15
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15 that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord; I sanctify him.”
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Leviticus 21:8
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8 and you shall treat them as holy, since they offer the food of your God; they shall be holy to you, for I the Lord, I who sanctify you, am holy.
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Exodus 29:43-44
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43 I will meet with the Israelites there, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;(A) 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.(B)
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Ezekiel 42:13
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13 Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the vacant area are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall deposit the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the purification offering, and the guilt offering—for the place is holy.(A)
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Ezekiel 20:41
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41 As a pleasing odor I will accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will manifest my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.(A)
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Psalm 39:9
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9 I am silent; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.(A)
Job 1:20-21
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A) 21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(B)
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1 Peter 4:17
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17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God?(A)
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Acts 5:11-13
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11 And great fear seized the whole church and all who heard of these things.(A)
The Apostles Heal Many
12 Now many signs and wonders were done among the people through the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico.(B) 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high esteem.(C)
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