Leviticus 21:10
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10 “The priest who is exalted above his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the vestments, shall not dishevel his hair nor tear his vestments.(A)
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Leviticus 16:32
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32 The priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement, wearing the linen vestments, the holy vestments.(A)
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Leviticus 10:6-7
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6 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not dishevel your hair and do not tear your vestments, or you will die, and wrath will strike all the congregation; but your kindred, the whole house of Israel, may mourn the burning that the Lord has sent.(A) 7 You shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the Lord is on you.” And they did as Moses had ordered.(B)
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Matthew 26:65
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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.(A)
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Numbers 35:25
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25 and the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood. Then the congregation shall send the slayer back to the original city of refuge. The slayer shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
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Leviticus 8:12
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12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.(A)
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Exodus 29:29-30
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29 “The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed on to his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.(A) 30 The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.(B)
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Psalm 133:2
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2 It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down upon the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down over the collar of his robes.(A)
Job 1:20
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A)
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Esther 6:12
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12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.(A)
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2 Samuel 15:30
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30 But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, with his head covered and walking barefoot, and all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.(A)
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Leviticus 13:45
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45 “The person who has the defiling disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head be disheveled, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’
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Leviticus 8:7-9
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7 He put the tunic on him, fastened the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He then put the decorated band of the ephod around him, tying the ephod to him with it. 8 He placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.(A) 9 And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden ornament, the holy diadem, as the Lord had commanded Moses.(B)
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Exodus 28:2-4
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2 You shall make sacred vestments for the glorious adornment of your brother Aaron.(A) 3 And you shall speak to all who are skillful, whom I have endowed with skill, so that they make Aaron’s vestments to consecrate him for my priesthood.(B) 4 These are the vestments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a checkered tunic, a turban, and a sash. When they make these sacred vestments for your brother Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests,(C)
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Genesis 37:34
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34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.(A)
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