Verse 3

Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:22 : 22 Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”
  • Ezek 28:22 : 22 Say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her.
  • Lev 21:6 : 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.
  • Isa 49:3 : 3 He said to me,“You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor.”
  • Exod 14:4 : 4 I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what they did.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done.
  • Lev 21:17 : 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.
  • Lev 21:21 : 21 No 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.
  • Lev 22:9 : 9 They 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.
  • Num 20:12 : 12 The Lord’s Judgment Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,“Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them.”
  • Deut 32:51 : 51 for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.
  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said,“The LORD will do what he pleases.”
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
  • 1 Chr 15:12-13 : 12 He told them:“You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it. 13 The first time you did not carry it; that is why the LORD God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.”
  • Job 1:20-21 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground. 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
  • Ps 46:10 : 10 He says,“Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
  • Ps 89:7 : 7 a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
  • Isa 39:8 : 8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah,“The LORD’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he thought,“For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
  • Exod 29:43-44 : 43 There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory. 44 “So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.
  • Lev 8:35 : 35 You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!
  • Ezek 20:41 : 41 When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You 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.
  • Lev 21:15 : 15 He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”
  • Ezek 42:13 : 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.
  • Matt 10:37 : 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,“I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 The Prediction of Peter’s Denial When Judas had gone out, Jesus said,“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.
  • John 14:13 : 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • Acts 5:11-13 : 11 Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things. 12 The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor.
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?