Leviticus 21:1

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Rules for the Priests 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,

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  • Ezek 44:25 : 25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.
  • Lev 10:6-7 : 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons,“Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the LORD has caused, 7 but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they acted according to the word of Moses.
  • Lev 21:11 : 11 He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
  • Num 19:14 : 14 “‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
  • Num 19:16 : 16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.
  • Lev 19:28 : 28 You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Announcement of Sin and Judgment Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
  • Mal 2:1 : 1 The Sacrilege of the Priestly Message“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.
  • Mal 2:4 : 4 Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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    11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.

  • Lev 21:2
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    2except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

  • Lev 22:1-4
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    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:

    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.

    3Say 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.

    4No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,

  • Lev 21:16-17
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    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.

  • Num 19:11
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    11Purification from Uncleanness“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

  • Ezek 44:25
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    25“‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.

  • Num 19:13-14
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    13Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.

    14“‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

  • Lev 15:31
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    31Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges“‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.

  • Lev 16:1-2
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    1The Day of Atonement The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron’s two sons when they approached the presence of the LORD and died,

    2and the LORD said to Moses:“Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the special curtain in front of the atonement lid that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement lid.

  • Num 3:10-11
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    10So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood, but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death.”

    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 4:19-21
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    19but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility.

    20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

    21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 6:6-7
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    6“‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body.

    7He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.

  • Num 3:5
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    5The Assignment of the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 5:1-2
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    1Separation of the Unclean Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.

  • Lev 15:1
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    1Male Bodily Discharges The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

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    1Responsibilities of the Priests The LORD said to Aaron,“You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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    23but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

    24So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

  • Num 9:6-7
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    6It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

    7And those men said to him,“We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the LORD’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?”

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    1Infections on the Skin The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 19:1
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    1The Red Heifer Ritual The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 4:1
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    1The Service of the Kohathites Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Num 4:17
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    17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

  • Exod 30:20
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    20When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the LORD,

  • Lev 21:4
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    4He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

  • Num 19:16
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    16And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.

  • Lev 7:22
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    22Sacrificial Instructions for the Common People: Fat and Blood Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 17:2
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    2“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them:‘This is the word that the LORD has commanded:

  • Num 9:9-10
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    9The LORD spoke to Moses:

    10“Tell the Israelites,‘If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the LORD.

  • Lev 21:21
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    21No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.

  • Exod 28:35
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    35The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he leaves, so that he does not die.

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    8Perpetual Statutes the Lord Spoke to Aaron Then the LORD spoke to Aaron,

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    11The Ransom Money The LORD spoke to Moses:

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    22Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”

  • Num 18:7
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    7But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service, but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”

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    6No 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.