Ezra 2:63

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The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

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  • Exod 28:30 : 30 “You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the LORD continually.
  • Lev 2:3 : 3 The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons– it is most holy from the gifts of the LORD.
  • Lev 2:10 : 10 The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons– it is most holy from the gifts of the LORD.
  • Num 27:21 : 21 And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community.”
  • Lev 22:10 : 10 “‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
  • Neh 8:9 : 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priestly scribe, and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them,“This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.
  • Neh 10:1 : 1 On the sealed documents were the following names: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah,
  • Lev 22:14-16 : 14 “‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. 15 They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD, 16 and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
  • Num 18:9-9 : 9 Of all the most holy offerings reserved from the fire this will be yours: Every offering of theirs, whether from every grain offering or from every purification offering or from every reparation offering which they bring to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. 10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you. 11 “And this is yours: the raised offering of their gift, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it.
  • Num 18:19 : 19 All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the LORD, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD for you and for your descendants with you.”
  • Num 18:32 : 32 And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
  • Deut 33:8 : 8 Blessing on Levi Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 So Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him– not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.
  • Neh 7:65 : 65 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.
  • Lev 6:17 : 17 It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
  • Lev 6:29 : 29 Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
  • Lev 7:16 : 16 “‘If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day,
  • Lev 8:8 : 8 He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece.
  • Lev 10:17-18 : 17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sanctuary? For it is most holy and he gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement on their behalf before the LORD. 18 See here! Its blood was not brought into the holy place within! You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary just as I commanded!”
  • Lev 22:2-3 : 2 “Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD. 3 Say to them,‘Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 7:64-66
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    64 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

    65 The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

    66 The entire group numbered 42,360.

  • Ezra 2:62
    77%

    62 They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

  • Ezra 2:64
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    64 The entire group numbered 42,360,

  • Neh 13:4-5
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    4 But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms of the temple of our God.

    5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

  • Ezra 7:23-24
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    23 Everything that the God of heaven has required should be precisely done for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the empire of the king and his sons?

    24 Furthermore, be aware of the fact that you have no authority to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or the attendants at the temple of this God.

  • Neh 5:14
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    14 From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes– twelve years in all– neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

  • Neh 13:29-30
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    69%

    29 Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

    30 So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites.

  • 2 Chr 30:3
    69%

    3 They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 8:24-25
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    68%

    24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,

    25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God– items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.

  • Neh 12:26
    68%

    26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.

  • Neh 8:9
    68%

    9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priestly scribe, and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them,“This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.

  • Neh 7:70
    68%

    70 Some of the family leaders contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

  • Ezek 42:13-14
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    13 Then he said to me,“The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings– the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy.

    14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

  • Neh 12:22
    67%

    22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

  • Ezra 6:6-8
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    6 “Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates– all of you stay far away from there!

    7 Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.

    8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work.

  • Lev 7:6
    67%

    6 Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

  • Ezek 44:23
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    23 Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.

  • Hag 2:11
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    11 “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said,‘Ask the priests about the law.

  • Ezra 4:14
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    14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information

  • Ezra 8:29
    67%

    29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the LORD.

  • Neh 13:9
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    9 Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

  • Ezek 44:13
    67%

    13 They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.

  • Ezra 5:3
    67%

    3 At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked,“Who gave you authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?”

  • 1 Chr 9:2
    67%

    2 The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

  • Ezra 7:19
    66%

    19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God.

  • Lev 21:22
    66%

    22 He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,

  • Ezra 10:6
    66%

    6 Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.

  • Ezra 2:69-70
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    66%

    69 As they were able, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly robes.

    70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

  • Neh 5:12
    66%

    12 They replied,“We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised.

  • Ezra 4:21
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    21 Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct.

  • Neh 12:44
    66%

    44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.

  • Ezra 5:5
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    5 But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

  • 2 Kgs 23:9
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    9 (Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.)

  • 2 Chr 29:34
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    34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves.(The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)

  • Neh 2:16
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    16 The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers.

  • Ezra 1:8
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    8 King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
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    6 No one must enter the LORD’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the LORD.

  • Exod 29:33
    66%

    33 They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.

  • Lev 22:10
    66%

    10 “‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,

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