Even the priests who regularly come near to the Lord must purify themselves so that the Lord does not break out and destroy them.”

又叫亲近我的祭司自洁，恐怕我忽然出来击杀他们。”

那些亲近耶和华的祭司也要把自己分别为圣，免得耶和华忽然出来击杀他们。”

那些亲近耶和华的祭司也要把自己分别为圣，免得耶和华忽然出来击杀他们。”

吩咐到我面前来的祭司要洁净自己，免得我忽然出来击杀他们。”

又叫那些亲近耶和华的祭司分别为圣，恐怕耶和华忽然击杀他们。”

又叫親近我的祭司自潔，恐怕我忽然出來擊殺他們。」

那些親近耶和華的祭司也要把自己分別為聖，免得耶和華忽然出來擊殺他們。」

那些親近耶和華的祭司也要把自己分別為聖，免得耶和華忽然出來擊殺他們。」

吩咐到我面前來的祭司要潔淨自己，免得我忽然出來擊殺他們。」

又叫那些親近耶和華的祭司分別為聖，恐怕耶和華忽然擊殺他們。”

連挨近永恆主的祭司也要潔淨自己為聖，恐怕永恆主突破界限來擊殺他們。』

即近耶和華之祭司、亦當自潔、免我突出擊之、

親我之祭司亦當自潔、免我震怒。

即得近我前之祭司、亦當自潔、免我顯威懲之、原文作恐耶和華突出而擊之下同

Even the priests, who approach the Lord, must consecrate themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”

The priests approach the Lord when they serve him. But even they must set themselves apart for the Lord. If they do not, his anger will break out against them.”

Also let the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them.”

Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out in anger against them.”

Also have the priests who approach the Lord consecrate themselves, or else the Lord will break out against them.”

Also let the priests who come near the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them.”

And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.

Even the priests who come near the Lord must purify themselves or the Lord will break out in anger against them.”

And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

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

Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break out on them.”

Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.

Most of those who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves. But King Hezekiah prayed for them, and they were allowed to eat the Passover meal anyway, even though this was contrary to the requirements of the Law. For Hezekiah said,“ May the Lord, who is good, pardon thosewho decide to follow the Lord, the God of their ancestors, even though they are not properly cleansed for the ceremony.”

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the Lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.Then Moses said to Aaron,“ This is what the Lord meant when he said,‘ I will display my holiness through those who come near me. I will display my glory before all the people.’” And Aaron was silent.

But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this. So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez uzzah( which means“ to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.

Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.

So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.He told them,“ Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”

Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”

As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.

They were unable to celebrate it at the prescribed time because not enough priests could be purified by then, and the people had not yet assembled at Jerusalem.

That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.

Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the Lord.

On the fourteenth day of the second month, one month later than usual, the people slaughtered the Passover lamb. This shamed the priests and Levites, so they purified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Temple of the Lord.

But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez uzzah( which means“ to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.

Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.