Matthew 23:20
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
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- Matt 23:16-194 verses90%
16 "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
- Matt 23:21-222 verses88%
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
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22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
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31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;
- Matt 5:33-364 verses72%
33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'
34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
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37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
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23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal-offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, let Yahweh himself require it;
- Exod 20:24-263 verses70%
24 You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'
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10 We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
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10 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
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4 "'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.
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2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
- Exod 30:27-293 verses68%
27 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
29 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
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13 Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?
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28 Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
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16 For men indeed swear by a greater one, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation.
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12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}
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26 He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
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25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Then later to consider his vows.
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6 You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:
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18 He said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
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20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath
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13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and him shall you serve, and shall swear by his name.
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9 the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and its base,
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24 Abraham said, "I will swear."
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13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
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19 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
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8 You shall bring the meal offering that is made of these things to Yahweh: and it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar.
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22 But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
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14 If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
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4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"
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5 those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
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16 The altar hearth shall be twelve [cubits] long by twelve broad, square in the four sides of it.
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28 For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
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26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
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16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
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1 Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
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12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.