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2 Timothy 4 1
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom:
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1 Chronicles 23 32
They are to carry out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the holy place, and for their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD’s temple.”
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Leviticus 22:2-33
“ Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to me, so they do not profane my holy name; I am the LORD.Say to them: If any man from any of your descendants throughout your generations is in a state of uncleanness yet approaches the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person will be cut off from my presence; I am the LORD.No man of Aaron’s descendants who has a skin disease or a discharge is to eat from the holy offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a dead person or by a man who has an emission of semen,or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean— whatever his uncleanness—the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am the LORD.They must keep my instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am the LORD who sets them apart.“ No one outside a priest’s family is to eat the holy offering. A foreigner staying with a priest or a hired worker is not to eat the holy offering.But if a priest purchases someone with his own silver, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.If the priest’s daughter is married to a man outside a priest’s family, she is not to eat from the holy contributions.But if the priest’s daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may share her father’s food. But no outsider may share it.If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he is to add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the LORDby letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution. For I am the LORD who sets them apart.”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens in Israel who presents his offering— whether they present payment of vows or freewill gifts to the LORD as burnt offerings—must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.“ When a man presents a fellowship sacrifice to the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or flock, it has to be unblemished to be acceptable; there must be no defect in it.You are not to present any animal to the LORD that is blind, injured, maimed, or has a running sore, festering rash, or scabs; you may not put any of them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.You may sacrifice as a freewill offering any animal from the herd or flock that has an elongated or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable as a vow offering.You are not to present to the LORD anything that has bruised, crushed, torn, or severed testicles; you must not sacrifice them in your land.Neither you nor a foreigner are to present food to your God from any of these animals. They will not be accepted for you because they are deformed and have a defect.”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ When an ox, sheep, or goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days; from the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering, a food offering to the LORD.But you are not to slaughter an animal from the herd or flock on the same day as its young.When you offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to the LORD, offer it so that you may be accepted.It is to be eaten on the same day. Do not let any of it remain until morning; I am the LORD.“ You are to keep my commands and do them; I am the LORD.You must not profane my holy name; I must be treated as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sets you apart,the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 40:45-46
Then the man said to me,“ This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the LORD to serve him.”
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Numbers 18:3-5
They are to perform duties for you and for the whole tent. They must not come near the sanctuary equipment or the altar; otherwise, both they and you will die.They are to join you and guard the tent of meeting, doing all the work at the tent, but no unauthorized person may come near you.“ You are to guard the sanctuary and the altar so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
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Ezekiel 44:14
Yet I will make them responsible for the duties of the temple— for all its work and everything done in it.
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Ezra 8:24-30
I selected twelve of the leading priests, along with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers.I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the articles— the contribution for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites who were present had offered.I weighed out to them 24 tons of silver, silver articles weighing 7,500 pounds, 7,500 pounds of gold,twenty gold bowls worth a thousand gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.Then I said to them,“ You are holy to the LORD, and the articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your ancestors.Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the LORD’s house before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families in Jerusalem.”So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the articles that had been weighed out, to bring them to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
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1 Timothy 6 13
In the presence of God, who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you
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Acts 7:53
You received the law under the direction of angels and yet have not kept it.”
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Ezekiel 44:16
“ They are the ones who may enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They will keep my mandate.
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Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”
