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Nehemiah 6:14
“ Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”
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1 Samuel 2 30
“ Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says,‘ I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says,‘ Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
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Numbers 25:12-13
Therefore say,‘ Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace.It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’”
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2 Timothy 4 14
Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,
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Leviticus 21:1-7
Yahweh said to Moses,“ Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,‘ A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people,except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.“‘ They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh.They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.“‘ They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
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Malachi 2:10-12
Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
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Psalms 59:5-13
You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips,“ For”, they say,“ who hears us?”But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
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Malachi 2:4-8
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.“ My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.
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Numbers 16:9-10
Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?