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Nehemiah 12:30
The priests and Levites made themselves pure. Then they made the people, the gates and the wall pure and“ clean.”
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Nehemiah 13:14
You are my God. Remember me because of what I’ve done. I’ve worked faithfully for your temple and its services. So please don’t forget the good things I’ve done.
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Nehemiah 13:31
I also made plans for gifts of wood to be brought at certain appointed times. And I made plans for the first share of the crops to be brought. You are my God. Please remember me with kindness.
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2 Chronicles 29 30
The king and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord. They used the words of David and Asaph the prophet. They sang praises with joy. They bowed down and worshiped the Lord.
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Isaiah 55:7
Let those who are evil stop doing evil things. And let them quit thinking evil thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord. The Lord will show them his tender love. Let them turn to our God. He is always ready to forgive.
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Isaiah 38:3
“ Lord, please remember how faithful I’ve been to you. I’ve lived the way you wanted me to. I’ve served you with all my heart. I’ve done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Psalms 143:1-2
Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy. You are faithful and right. Come and help me.Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.
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Psalms 130:3-4
Lord, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?But you forgive. So we can serve you with respect.
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Psalms 130:7
Israel, put your hope in the Lord, because the Lord’ s love never fails. He sets his people completely free.
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Psalms 132:1-5
Lord, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted.Lord, he made a promise. Mighty One of Jacob, he made a promise to you.He said,“ I won’t enter my house or go to bed.I won’t let my eyes sleep. I won’t close my eyelidsuntil I find a place for the Lord. I want to build a house for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Psalms 25:6-7
Lord, remember your great mercy and love. You have shown them to your people for a long time.Don’t remember the sins I committed when I was young. Don’t remember how often I refused to obey you. Remember me because you love me. Lord, you are good.
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Isaiah 49:23
Their kings will become like fathers to you. Their queens will be like mothers who nurse you. They will bow down to you with their faces toward the ground. They will kiss the dust at your feet to show you their respect. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who put their hope in me will not be ashamed.”
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Psalms 51:1
God, have mercy on me according to your faithful love. Because your love is so tender and kind, wipe out my lawless acts.
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2 Kings 23 4
Certain things in the Lord’ s temple had been made to honor other gods. They were the god named Baal, the female god named Asherah and all the stars in the sky. The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest to remove those things. The king ordered the priests who were next in rank and the men who guarded the doors to help Hilkiah. Josiah took those things that had been in the Lord’ s temple and burned them outside Jerusalem. He burned them in the fields in the Kidron Valley. And he took the ashes to Bethel.
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Psalms 5:7
Because of your great love I can come into your house. With deep respect I bow down toward your holy temple.
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Nehemiah 7:64-65
The priests looked for their family records. But they couldn’t find them. So they weren’t able to serve as priests. They weren’t“ clean.”The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. The priest would use them to get decisions from the Lord.
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Nehemiah 5:19
You are my God. Please remember me and help me. Keep in mind everything I’ve done for these people.
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Nehemiah 12:10
Joshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
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2 Timothy 4 7-2 Timothy 4 8
I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.Now there is a crown waiting for me. It is given to those who are right with God. The Lord, who judges fairly, will give it to me on the day he returns. He will not give it only to me. He will also give it to all those who are longing for him to return.
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2 Chronicles 29 24
Then the priests killed the goats. They put the blood on the altar as a sin offering. It paid for the sin of the whole nation of Israel. The king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for the whole nation.
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2 Chronicles 29 27
Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. The offering began. Singing to the Lord also began. The singing was accompanied by the trumpets and by the instruments of David. He had been king of Israel.
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2 Corinthians 1 12
Here is what we take pride in. Our sense of what is right and wrong tells us how we have acted. We have lived with honor and godly honesty. We have depended on God’s grace and not on the world’s wisdom. We lived that way most of all when we were dealing with you.
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1 Chronicles 15 12-1 Chronicles 15 14
He said to them,“ You are the leaders of the families of Levi. You and the other Levites must set yourselves apart to serve the Lord and his people. You must carry up the ark of the Lord. He is the God of Israel. Put the ark in the place I’ve prepared for it.Remember when the anger of the Lord our God broke out against us? That’s because it wasn’t you Levites who tried to carry up the ark the first time. We didn’t ask the Lord how to do it in the way the law requires.”So the priests and Levites set themselves apart. Then they carried up the ark of the Lord. He is the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 29 4-2 Chronicles 29 5
He brought the priests and Levites in. He gathered them together in the open area on the east side of the temple.He said,“ Levites, listen to me! Set yourselves apart to the Lord. Set apart the temple of the Lord. He’s the God of your people who lived long ago. Remove anything‘ unclean’ from the temple.
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Deuteronomy 5:12
“ Keep the Sabbath day holy. Do this just as the Lord your God has commanded you.