Verse 29

Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

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  • Neh 6:14 : 14 Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these deeds of theirs, also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to intimidate me.
  • Ps 59:5-9 : 5 Without any guilt of mine, they rush in and prepare. Awake to help me; look upon my plight. 6 You, LORD God of Hosts, God of Israel, rise to punish all the nations. Do not show mercy to the treacherous, Selah. 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city. 8 See how they spew out insults; their lips are sharp like swords, and they say, 'Who can hear us?' 9 But you, LORD, laugh at them; you mock all the nations. 10 My strength, I watch for you; for God is my fortress. 11 My God of steadfast love will come to meet me; God will let me see my enemies defeated. 12 Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. 13 For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,
  • Mal 2:4-8 : 4 Then you will know that I have sent this command to you so that My covenant with Levi may continue, says the Lord of Hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Mal 2:10-12 : 10 Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we deal treacherously with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors? 11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 The Lord will cut off from the tents of Jacob anyone who does this—any one who is alert and responsive—but still presents an offering to the Lord of Hosts.
  • 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; may the Lord repay him according to his deeds.
  • Lev 21:1-7 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people. 2 Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother. 3 And also for his virgin sister, who is near to him and has not been married, he may defile himself for her. 4 He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself. 5 They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies. 6 They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy. 7 They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.
  • Num 16:9-9 : 9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the Israelite community to bring you near to Himself to do the work of the Lord's tabernacle and to stand before the assembly to minister to them? 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to Him, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well!
  • Num 25:12-13 : 12 Therefore tell him, 'I am giving him my covenant of peace.' 13 'It will be a covenant of an everlasting priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.'
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.