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Nehemiah 6:14
Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs– also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me!
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1 Samuel 2 30
Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘ I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘ May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
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Numbers 25:12-13
Therefore, announce:‘ I am going to give to him my covenant of peace.So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.’”
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2 Timothy 4 14
Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.
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Leviticus 21:1-7
The LORD said to Moses:“ Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them,‘ For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.“‘ They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the LORD’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
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Malachi 2:10-12
Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors?Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god!May the LORD cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the LORD who rules over all!
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Psalms 59:5-13
You, O LORD God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers!( Selah)They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city.Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“ Who hears?”But you, O LORD, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge.The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth!( Selah)
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Malachi 2:4-8
Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says the LORD who rules over all.“ My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me.He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the LORD who rules over all.You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,” says the LORD who rules over all.
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Numbers 16:9-10
Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the community to minister to them?He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also?