Haggai 2:11

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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Ask the priests for a ruling:

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  • Mal 2:7 : 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.
  • Lev 10:10-11 : 10 You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean. 11 You must teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given to them through Moses.'
  • Deut 17:8-9 : 8 If a case arises that is too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—matters of dispute in your towns, you are to go up to the place the LORD your God will choose. 9 Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict. 10 You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you. 11 Follow exactly the law they teach you and the judgment they declare to you. Do not turn aside from the decision they give you, to the right or to the left.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They will teach Your judgments to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they will offer incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
  • Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 They are to teach My people the difference between what is holy and what is common and show them how to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. 24 In any dispute, they shall stand as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They shall keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed festivals and sanctify My Sabbaths.
  • Titus 1:9 : 9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who oppose it.

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  • Hag 2:12-15
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    12If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and that fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy? The priests answered, 'No.'

    13Then Haggai said, 'If someone defiled by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become defiled?' The priests answered, 'It does become defiled.'

    14Then Haggai responded and said, 'So it is with this people, and so it is with this nation before me—this is the declaration of the LORD. So is every work of their hands, and whatever they offer there is defiled.'

    15Now think carefully from this day forward: Before a single stone was laid on another in the temple of the LORD—

  • Hag 2:9-10
    2 verses
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    9The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will give peace—this is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts.

    10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying:

  • Mal 2:1
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    1And now, this command is for you, O priests.

  • Mal 2:7-8
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    7For 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.

    8But 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.

  • Hag 2:1-2
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    1In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:

    2Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying:

  • Hag 1:1-5
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    1In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying:

    2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'

    3Then the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai, saying:

    4Is this a time for you to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

    5Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.

  • Zech 7:3-4
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    3They asked the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts and the prophets, 'Should I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done for so many years?'

    4Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

  • Jer 23:37
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    37This is what you are to say to the prophet: 'What has the LORD answered you?' and 'What has the LORD spoken?'

  • Hag 1:7
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    7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.

  • Hag 2:20
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    20The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:

  • 2 Chr 31:9
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    9Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps.

  • Mal 1:9
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    9Now plead with God to be gracious to us. Will he accept you? This offering came from your hands. How can he be pleased with you? says the LORD of Hosts.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • Hag 1:12-13
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    12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the entire remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.

    13Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the LORD's message to the people, saying, 'I am with you,' declares the LORD.

  • Mal 1:6-7
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    6A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'

    7By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.'

  • 2 Chr 31:4
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    4He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord.

  • Ezra 5:9
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    9'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • 2 Chr 13:9
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    9Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods.

  • 2 Kgs 22:15
    68%

    15She said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Say to the man who sent you to me,

  • Deut 17:9
    68%

    9Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict.

  • 2 Kgs 22:12-13
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    68%

    12Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, the king’s servant, saying,

    13Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all of Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the LORD’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors did not obey the words of this book by doing everything written concerning us.

  • Zech 8:18
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    18The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

  • Mal 1:13
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    13You say, 'What a burden!' and you sniff at it with contempt, says the LORD of Hosts. When you bring stolen, lame, or sick animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands? says the LORD.

  • Jer 2:8
    68%

    8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.

  • Neh 5:12
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    12'We will give it back,' they responded, 'and we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.' Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

  • Mal 2:17
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    17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Joel 1:13
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    13Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God, for grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

  • Jer 23:35
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    35This is what each of you is to say to his neighbor and to his brother: 'What has the LORD answered?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'

  • Judg 18:5
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    5They said to him, 'Please inquire of God so that we may know whether our journey will be successful.'

  • Ezra 2:63
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    63The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.

  • Jer 19:1
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    1This is what the LORD said: Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and of the priests with you.

  • 2 Chr 24:20
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    20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.'

  • 2 Chr 29:5
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    5He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'

  • 2 Chr 34:26
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    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • 1 Sam 2:15
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    15But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’

  • Joel 2:17
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    17Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'