Leviticus 15:31
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31 “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.
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Numbers 19:20
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20 “But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.
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Ezekiel 5:11
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11 “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.
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Numbers 19:13
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13 All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the Lord’s Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.
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Ezekiel 23:38
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38 Furthermore, they have defiled my Temple and violated my Sabbath day!
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Numbers 5:3
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3 This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”
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Jude 4
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4 I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Hebrews 12:14-15
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A Call to Listen to God
14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. 15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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Hebrews 10:29
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29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.
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1 Corinthians 3:17
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17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
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Ezekiel 44:23
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23 They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.
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Daniel 9:27
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27 The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven,[a] but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds,[b] he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration,[c] until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
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Ezekiel 44:5-7
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5 And the Lord said to me, “Son of man, take careful notice. Use your eyes and ears, and listen to everything I tell you about the regulations concerning the Lord’s Temple. Take careful note of the procedures for using the Temple’s entrances and exits. 6 And give these rebels, the people of Israel, this message from the Sovereign Lord: O people of Israel, enough of your detestable sins! 7 You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary—people who have no heart for God. In this way, you defiled my Temple even as you offered me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your other detestable sins, you have broken my covenant.
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Psalm 66:18
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18 If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
Deuteronomy 24:8
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8 “In all cases involving serious skin diseases,[a] be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them.
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- 24:8 Traditionally rendered leprosy. The Hebrew word used here can describe various skin diseases.
Leviticus 21:23
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23 Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
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Leviticus 20:3
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3 I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
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Leviticus 19:30
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30 “Keep my Sabbath days of rest, and show reverence toward my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 13:59
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59 “These are the instructions for dealing with mildew that contaminates woolen or linen clothing or fabric or anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these items are ceremonially clean or unclean.”
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Leviticus 11:47
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47 By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten.”
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