Leviticus 21:12

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He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 10:7 : 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.
  • Exod 29:6-7 : 6 You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban. 7 You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
  • Lev 8:30 : 30 Anointing Aaron, his Sons, and their Garments Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
  • Exod 28:36 : 36 “You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved:“Holiness to the LORD.”
  • Lev 8:9-9 : 9 Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 10 Anointing the Tabernacle and Aaron, and Clothing Aaron’s Sons Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. 11 Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the washbasin and its stand to consecrate them. 12 He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:10-11
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    10Rules for the High Priest“‘The high priest– who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments– must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

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

  • Lev 21:13-16
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    13He must take a wife who is a virgin.

    14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.

    15He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 21:21-23
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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.

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

    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.’”

  • Lev 10:7-8
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    7but 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.

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

  • Lev 21:4-8
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    4He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.

    5Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

    6“‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the LORD’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.

    7They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

    8You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.

  • Num 6:6-8
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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.

    8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.

  • Exod 30:30-32
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    30“You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.

    31And you are to tell the Israelites:‘This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations.

    32It must not be applied to people’s bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

  • Lev 22:1-3
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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.

  • Lev 22:32
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    32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,

  • Lev 22:15
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    15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,

  • Lev 8:12
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    12He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.

  • Ezek 44:21-22
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    21No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court.

    22They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
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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.

  • Exod 40:13
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    13Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest.

  • Exod 29:7
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    7You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

  • Lev 22:9
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    9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Exod 29:21
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    21You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.

  • Lev 16:17
    71%

    17Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.

  • Ezek 42:14
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    14When 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.”

  • Lev 21:1
    70%

    1Rules 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,

  • Exod 28:35
    70%

    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.

  • Num 4:20
    70%

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

  • Lev 14:18
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    18and the remainder of the olive oil that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD.

  • Lev 8:33
    70%

    33And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days, until the day when your days of ordination are completed, because you must be ordained over a seven-day period.

  • Ezek 44:27
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    27On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Exod 28:41
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    41“You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

  • Lev 16:4
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    4He must put on a holy linen tunic, linen leggings are to cover his body, and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. They are holy garments, so he must bathe his body in water and put them on.

  • Exod 29:30
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    30The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.

  • Lev 16:32
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    32“The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

  • Exod 19:22
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    22Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”

  • Exod 40:9
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    9And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

  • Exod 31:12
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    12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,