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Psalms 65:4
How happy is the one you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple.
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Leviticus 10:3
Moses said to Aaron,“ This is what the LORD has spoken: I will demonstrate my holiness to those who are near me, and I will reveal my glory before all the people.” And Aaron remained silent.
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Numbers 17:5
The staff of the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of the Israelites’ complaints that they have been making about you.”
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Numbers 16:3
They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them,“ You have gone too far! Everyone in the entire community is holy, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”
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2 Timothy 2 19
Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
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2 Timothy 2 3-2 Timothy 2 4
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.
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Ezekiel 44:15-16
“ But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of my sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from me, will approach me to serve me. They will stand before me to offer me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.“ They are the ones who may enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They will keep my mandate.
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Acts 1:2
until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen.
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Revelation 5:9-10
And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.
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Psalms 105:26
He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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Acts 13:2
As they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“ Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
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Exodus 28:1
“ Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve me as priest— Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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Ezekiel 40:46
The chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the ones from the sons of Levi who may approach the LORD to serve him.”
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Acts 1:24
Then they prayed,“ You, Lord, know everyone’s hearts; show which of these two you have chosen
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Revelation 1:6
and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father— to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Acts 22:14
And he said,‘ The God of our ancestors has appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the words from his mouth,
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1 Samuel 2 28
Out of all the tribes of Israel, I chose your house to be my priests, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your forefather’s family all the Israelite food offerings.
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John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
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1 Peter 2 5-1 Peter 2 9
you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.For it stands in Scripture: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected— this one has become the cornerstone,and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were destined for this.But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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Leviticus 21:12-15
He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD.“ He is to marry a woman who is a virgin.He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the LORD who sets him apart.”
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Exodus 28:43
These must be worn by Aaron and his sons whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary area, so that they do not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and for his future descendants.
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Isaiah 61:5-6
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.But you will be called the LORD’s priests; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches.
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Acts 15:7
After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,“ Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.
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Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus—he has inaugurated for us a new and living way through the curtain( that is, through his flesh)—and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
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Leviticus 21:6-8
They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they present the food offerings to the LORD, the food of their God, and they must be holy.They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the LORD who sets you apart, am holy.
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Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness— without it no one will see the Lord.
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Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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Leviticus 8:2
“ Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
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Malachi 3:18
So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.