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Abram took his wife
Sarai, his brother's son Lot, all the possessions that they had
accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they
set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of
Canaan, Abram passed through the land as far as the sacred place
at Shechem, by the terebinth of Moreh. (The Canaanites were then
in the land.) The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your
descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar
there to the LORD who had appeared to him. [GEN 12:5-7] "For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. From the very first day you shall have your houses clear of all leaven. Whoever eats leavened bread from the first day to the seventh shall be cut off from Israel. On the first day you shall hold a sacred assembly, and likewise on the seventh. On these days you shall not do any sort of work, except to prepare the food that everyone needs.
Keep, then, this custom of the unleavened bread. Since it was on this very day that I brought your ranks out of the land of Egypt, you must celebrate this day throughout your generations as a perpetual institution."
[EX 12:15-17]
Morning after morning they gathered it, till each had enough to eat; but when the sun grew hot, the manna melted away. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers for each person. When all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses,
he told them, "That is what the LORD prescribed. Tomorrow is a day of complete rest, the sabbath, sacred to the LORD. You may either bake or boil the manna, as you please; but whatever is left put away and keep for the morrow."
[EX 16:21-23]
Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot go up to Mount
Sinai, for you yourself warned us to set limits around the
mountain to make it sacred." [EX 19:23]
"You shall be men sacred to me." [Taken from EX 22:30]
Therefore, you shall not bow down in worship before their gods,
nor shall you make anything like them; rather, you must demolish
them and smash their sacred pillars. [EX 23:24]
For the glorious adornment of your brother Aaron you shall have
sacred vestments made. Therefore, to the various expert workmen
whom I have endowed with skill, you shall give instructions to
make such vestments for Aaron as will set him apart for his sacred
service as my priest. These are the vestments they shall make: a
breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a brocaded tunic, a miter and a
sash. In making these sacred vestments which your brother Aaron
and his sons are to wear in serving as my priests, they shall use
gold, violet, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen. [EX 28:2-5]
"You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, as on a seal engraving, 'Sacred to the LORD.'
This plate is to be tied over the miter with a violet ribbon in such a way that it rests on the front of the miter,
over Aaron's forehead. Since Aaron bears whatever guilt the Israelites may incur in consecrating any of their sacred gifts, this plate must always be over his forehead, so that they may find favor with the LORD."
[EX 28:36-38]
Aaron and his sons you shall also bring to the entrance of the
meeting tent, and there wash them with water. Take the vestments
and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod
itself, and the breastpiece, fastening the embroidered belt of the
ephod around him. Put the miter on his head, the sacred diadem on
the miter. Then take the anointing oil and anoint him with it,
pouring it on his head. Bring forward his sons also and clothe
them with the tunics, gird them with the sashes, and tie the
turbans on them. Thus shall the priesthood be theirs by perpetual
law, and thus shall you ordain Aaron and his sons. [Taken from EX
29:4-9]
Then take some of the blood that is on the altar, together with
some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle this on Aaron and his
vestments, as well as on his sons and their vestments, that his
sons and their vestments may be sacred. [EX 29:21]
"The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed down to his
descendants, that in them they may be anointed and ordained." [EX
29:29]
They themselves are to eat of these things by which atonement
was made at their ordination and consecration; but no layman may
eat of them, since they are sacred. If some... remains over on the next day, this remnant must be burned
up; it is not to be eaten, since it is sacred. [Taken from EX 29:33-34]
Seven days you shall spend in making atonement for the altar
and in consecrating it. Then the altar will be most sacred, and
whatever touches it will become sacred. [EX 29:37]
"There, at the altar, I will meet the Israelites; hence,
it will be made sacred by my glory." [EX 29:43]
"This altar
is most sacred to the LORD." [Taken from EX 30:10]
The LORD said to Moses, "Take the finest spices: five
hundred shekels of free-flowing myrrh; half that amount, that is,
two hundred and fifty shekels, of fragrant cinnamon; two hundred
and fifty shekels of fragrant cane; five hundred shekels of
cassia-all according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel;
together with a hin of olive oil; and blend them into sacred
anointing oil, perfumed ointment expertly prepared. With this
sacred anointing oil you shall anoint the meeting tent and the ark
of the commandments, the table and all its appurtenances, the
lampstand and its appurtenances, the altar of incense... When you
have consecrated them, they shall be most sacred; whatever touches
them shall be sacred. Aaron and his sons you shall also anoint and
consecrate as my priests. To the Israelites you shall say: As
sacred anointing oil this shall belong to me throughout your
generations. It may not be used in any ordinary anointing of the
body, nor may you make any other oil of a like mixture. It is
sacred, and shall be treated as sacred by you. Whoever prepares a
perfume like this, or whoever puts any of this on a layman, shall
be cut off from his kinsmen." [Taken from EX 30:22-27,29-33]
"This
incense shall be treated as most sacred by you. You may not make
incense of a like mixture for yourselves; you must treat it as
sacred to the LORD. Whoever makes an incense like this for his own
enjoyment of its fragrance, shall be cut off from his
kinsmen." [Taken from EX 30:36-38]
The LORD said to Moses, "You must also tell the
Israelites: Take care to keep my sabbaths, for that is to be the
token between you and me throughout the generations, to show that
it is I, the LORD, who make you holy. Therefore, you must keep the
sabbath as something sacred. Whoever desecrates it shall [suffer
the prescribed penalty]. If anyone does work on that day, he must
be rooted out of his people. Six days there are for doing work,
but the seventh day is the sabbath of complete rest, sacred to the
LORD. Anyone who does work on the sabbath day shall [suffer the
prescribed penalty]. So shall the Israelites observe the sabbath,
keeping it throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.
Between me and the Israelites it is to be an everlasting token;
for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on
the seventh day he rested at his ease." [Taken from EX 31:12-17]
[Note: In such cases, capital punishment was applied.]
Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "This is what the LORD has commanded to be done. On six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be sacred to you as the sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on that day shall
[suffer the prescribed penalty]. You shall not even light a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day."
[EX 35:1-3] [Note: Capital punishment was prescribed for those
who violated sabbath day regulations.]
When the whole Israelite community left Moses' presence, everyone, as his heart suggested and his spirit prompted, brought a contribution to the LORD for the construction of the meeting tent, for all its services, and for the sacred vestments.
[EX 35:20-21]
The sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense were prepared
in their pure form by a perfumer. [EX 37:29]
With violet, purple and scarlet yarn were woven the service
cloths for use in the sanctuary, as well as the sacred vestments
for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses. [EX 39:1]
"Take the anointing oil and anoint the Dwelling and
everything in it, consecrating it and all its furnishings, so that
it will be sacred." [EX 40:9]
"Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the meeting tent, and there wash them with water. Clothe Aaron with the sacred vestments and anoint him, thus consecrating him as my priest."
[EX 40:12-13]
"When anyone wishes to bring a cereal offering to the
LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He shall pour oil
on it and put frankincense over it. When he has brought it to
Aaron's sons, the priests, one of them shall take a handful of
this fine flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and
this he shall burn on the altar as a token offering, a
sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD. The rest of the cereal
offering belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is a most sacred
oblation to the LORD." [LEV 2:1-3]
"This is the ritual of the cereal offering. One of Aaron's
sons shall first present it before the LORD, in front of the
altar. Then he shall take from it a handful of its fine flour and
oil, together with all the frankincense that is on it, and this he
shall burn on the altar as its token offering, a sweet-smelling
oblation to the LORD. The rest of it Aaron and his sons may eat;
but it must be eaten in the form of unleavened cakes and in a
sacred place: in the court of the meeting tent they shall eat it.
It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them as
their portion from the oblations of the LORD; it is most sacred,
like the sin offering and the guilt offering. All the male
descendants of Aaron may partake of it as their rightful share in
the oblations of the LORD perpetually throughout your generations.
Whatever touches the oblations becomes sacred." [LEV 6:7-11]
The priest who presents the sin offering may partake of it; but
it must be eaten in a sacred place, in the court of the meeting
tent. [LEV 6:19]
All the males of the priestly line may partake of the sin
offering, since it is most sacred. [LEV 6:22]
During this time Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu took their
censers and, strewing incense on the fire they had put in them,
they offered up before the LORD profane fire, such as he had not
authorized. Fire therefore came forth from the LORD'S presence and
consumed them, so that they died in his presence. Moses then said
to Aaron, "This is as the LORD said: Through those who
approach me I will manifest my sacredness; In the sight of all the
people I will reveal my glory." But Aaron said nothing. [LEV
10:1-3]
The LORD said to Aaron, "When you are to go to the meeting
tent, you and your sons are forbidden under pain of death, by a
perpetual ordinance throughout your generations, to drink any wine
or strong drink. You must be able to distinguish between what is
sacred and what is profane, between what is clean and what is
unclean; you must teach the Israelites all the laws that the LORD
has given them through Moses." [LEV 10:8-11]
Moses said to Aaron and his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the cereal offering left over from the oblations of the LORD, and eat it beside the altar in the form of unleavened cakes. Since it is most sacred,
you must eat it in a sacred place. This is your due from the oblations of the LORD, and that of your sons; such is the command I have received."
[LEV 10:12-13]
"Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sacred place,
since it is most sacred? It has been given to you that you might
bear the guilt of the community and make atonement for them before
the LORD." [LEV 10:17]
She shall not touch anything sacred nor
enter the sanctuary till the days of her purification are
fulfilled. [Taken from LEV 12:4]
[Aaron] shall wear the sacred linen tunic, with the linen drawers next his flesh, gird himself with the linen sash and put on the linen miter. But since these vestments are sacred, he shall not put them on until he has first bathed his body in water.
[Taken from LEV
16:4]
"This shall be an everlasting ordinance for you: on the
tenth day of the seventh month every one of you, whether a native
or a resident alien, shall mortify himself and shall do no work.
Since on this day atonement is made for you to make you clean, so
that you may be cleansed of all your sins before the LORD, by
everlasting ordinance it shall be a most solemn sabbath for you,
on which you must mortify yourselves. This atonement is to be made
by the priest who has been anointed and ordained to the priesthood
in succession to his father. He shall wear the linen garments, the
sacred vestments, and make atonement for the sacred sanctuary, the
meeting tent and the altar, as well as for the priests and all the
people of the community. This, then, shall be an everlasting
ordinance for you: once a year atonement shall be made for all the
sins of the Israelites." Thus was it done, as the LORD had
commanded Moses. [LEV 16:29-34]
Whoever eats of it then shall pay the penalty for having
profaned what is sacred to the LORD. Such a one shall be cut off
from his people. [Taken from LEV 19:8]
"When you come into the land and plant any fruit tree
there, first look upon its fruit as if it were uncircumcised. For
three years, while its fruit remains uncircumcised, it may not be
eaten. In the fourth year, however, all of its fruit shall be
sacred to the LORD as a thanksgiving feast to him. Not until the
fifth year may you eat its fruit. Thus it will continue its yield
for you. I, the LORD, am your God." [LEV 19:23-25]
To me, therefore, you shall be sacred; for I, the LORD, am
sacred, I, who have set you apart from the other nations to be my
own. [LEV 20:26]
"The priests shall not make bare the crown of the head,
nor shave the edges of the beard, nor lacerate the body. To their
God they shall be sacred, and not profane his name; since they
offer up the oblations of the LORD, the food of their God, they
must be holy." [LEV 21:5-6]
The priest is sacred to his God. [Taken from LEV
21:7]
Honor him as sacred who offers up the food of your God; treat
him as sacred, because I, the LORD, who have consecrated him, am
sacred. [LEV 21:8]
"The priest shall marry a virgin. Not a widow or a woman
who has been divorced or a woman who has lost her honor as a
prostitute, but a virgin, taken from his own people, shall he
marry; otherwise he will have base offspring among his people. I,
the LORD, have made him sacred." [LEV 21:13-15] [Note:
Under the old covenant, priests were allowed to marry under the
stated conditions. Religious offices indicated in the New
Testament are in their infancy and can be shown to be developing
even in Scripture. Within a short time, many religious offices in
the Church adopted Jesus' and Paul's recommended observance of celibacy
as a general rule.]
"No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any such defect may draw near to offer up the oblations of the LORD; on account of his defect he may not draw near to offer up the food of his God. He may, however, partake of the food of his God: of what is most sacred as well as of what is sacred.
Only, he may not approach the veil nor go up to the altar on account of his defect; he shall not profane these things that are sacred to me, for it is I, the LORD, who make them sacred."
[LEV 21:21-23]
"Tell Aaron and his sons to respect the sacred offerings
which the Israelites consecrate to me; else they will profane my
holy name. I am the LORD. Tell them: If any one of you, or of your
descendants in any future generation, dares, while he is in a
state of uncleanness, to draw near the sacred offerings which the
Israelites consecrate to the LORD, such a one shall be cut off
from my presence. I am the LORD. No descendant of Aaron who is
stricken with leprosy, or who suffers from a flow, may eat of
these sacred offerings, unless he again becomes clean. Moreover,
if anyone touches a person who has become unclean by contact with
a corpse, or if anyone has had an emission of seed, or if anyone
touches any swarming creature or any man whose uncleanness, of
whatever kind it may be, is contagious, the one who touches such
as these shall be unclean until evening and may not eat of the
sacred portions until he has first bathed his body in water, then,
when the sun sets, he again becomes clean. Only then may he eat of
the sacred offerings, which are his food." [LEV 22:2-7]
"Neither a lay person nor a priest's tenant or hired
servant may eat of any sacred offering." [LEV 22:10]
"The sacred offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD the priests shall not allow to be profaned
nor in the eating of the sacred offering shall they bring down guilt that must be punished; it is I, the LORD, who make them sacred."
[LEV 22:15-16]
"Be careful to observe the commandments which I, the LORD, give you, and do not profane my holy name; in the midst of the Israelites I, the LORD, must be held as sacred. It is I who made you sacred and led you out of the land of Egypt, that I, the LORD, might be your God."
[LEV 22:31-33]
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: The following are
the festivals of the LORD, my feast days, which you shall
celebrate with a sacred assembly." [LEV 23:2]
"For six days work may be done; but the seventh day is the
sabbath rest, a day for sacred assembly, on which you shall do no
work. The sabbath shall belong to the LORD wherever you dwell."
[LEV 23:3]
The LORD said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites: On the first day of the seventh month you shall keep a sabbath rest, with a sacred assembly and with the trumpet blasts as a reminder;
you shall then do no sort of work, and you shall offer an oblation to the LORD."
[LEV 23:23-25]
The LORD said to Moses, "The tenth of this seventh month
is the Day of Atonement, when you shall hold a sacred assembly and
mortify yourselves and offer an oblation to the LORD. On this day
you shall not do any work, because it is the Day of Atonement,
when atonement is made for you before the LORD, your God. Anyone
who does not mortify himself on this day shall be cut off from his
people, and if anyone does any work on this day, I will remove him
from the midst of his people. This is a perpetual statute for you
and your descendants wherever you dwell: you shall do no work, but
shall keep a sabbath of complete rest and mortify yourselves.
Beginning on the evening of the ninth of the month, you shall keep
this sabbath of yours from evening to evening." [LEV 23:26-32]
"Regularly on each sabbath day this bread shall be set out afresh before the LORD, offered on the part of the Israelites by an everlasting agreement. It shall belong to Aaron and his sons, who must eat it in a sacred place, since, as something most sacred among the various oblations to the LORD, it is his by perpetual right."
[LEV 24:8-9]
This fiftieth year you shall make sacred by proclaiming liberty
in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for
you, when every one of you shall return to his own property, every
one to his own family estate. In this fiftieth year, your year of
jubilee, you shall not sow, nor shall you reap the after growth or
pick the grapes from the untrimmed vines. Since this is the
jubilee, which shall be sacred for you, you may not eat of its
produce, except as taken directly from the field. [LEV 25:10-12]
"Do not make false gods for yourselves. You shall not
erect an idol or a sacred pillar for yourselves, nor shall you set
up a stone figure for worship in your land; for I, the LORD, am
your God." [LEV 26:1]
"Every such animal, when vowed to the LORD, becomes
sacred." [Taken from LEV 27:9]
"When someone dedicates his house as sacred to the LORD, the priest shall determine its value in keeping with its good or bad points, and the value set by the priest shall stand.
If the one who dedicated his house wishes to redeem it, he shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and then it will again be his."
[LEV 27:14-15]
If the one who dedicated his field wishes to redeem it, he shall pay one fifth more than the price thus established, and so reclaim it. If, instead of redeeming such a field, he sells it to someone else, it may no longer be redeemed;
but at the jubilee it shall be released as sacred to the LORD; like a field that is doomed, it shall become priestly property.
[LEV 27:19-21]
"Note, also, that any one of his possessions which a man
vows as doomed to the LORD...shall be neither sold nor ransomed;
everything that is thus doomed becomes most sacred to the LORD."
[Taken from LEV 27:28]
"All tithes of the land, whether in grain from the fields
or in fruit from the trees, belong to the LORD, as sacred to him."
[LEV 27:30]
The LORD said to Moses, "It is I who have chosen the
Levites from the Israelites in place of every first-born that
opens the womb among the Israelites. The Levites, therefore, are
mine, because every first-born is mine. When I slew all the
first-born in the land of Egypt, I made all the first-born in
Israel sacred to me, both of man and of beast. They belong to me;
I am the LORD." [NUM 3:11-13]
"The service of the Kohathites in the meeting tent
concerns the most sacred objects." [NUM 4:4]
"Only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering the
sacred objects and all their utensils on breaking camp, shall the
Kohathites enter to carry them. But they shall not touch the
sacred objects; if they do they will die." [Taken from NUM
4:15]
"Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, shall be in charge of
the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the established
cereal offering, and the anointing oil. He shall be in charge of
the whole Dwelling with all the sacred objects and utensils that
are in it." [NUM 4:16]
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: "Do not let the group of
Kohathite clans perish from the body of the Levites. That they may
live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects, this
is what you shall do for them: Aaron and his sons shall go in and
assign to each of them his task and what he must carry; but the
Kohathites shall not go in to look upon the sacred objects, even
for an instant; if they do, they will die." [NUM 4:17-20]
Likewise, every sacred contribution that the Israelites are
bound to make shall fall to the priest. [NUM 5:9]
The LORD said to Moses: "Speak to the Israelites and tell
them: When a man (or a woman) solemnly takes the nazirite vow to
dedicate himself to the LORD, he shall abstain from wine and
strong drink; he may neither drink wine vinegar, other vinegar, of
any kind of grape juice, nor eat either fresh or dried grapes. As
long as he is a nazirite he shall not eat anything of the produce
of the vine; not even unripe grapes or grapeskins. While he is
under the nazirite vow, no razor shall touch his hair. Until the
period of his dedication to the LORD is over, he shall be sacred,
and shall let the hair of his head grow freely. As long as he is
dedicated to the LORD, he shall not enter where a dead person is.
Not even for his father or mother, his sister or brother, should
they die, may he become unclean, since his head bears his
dedication to God. As long as he is a nazirite he is sacred to the
LORD." [NUM 6:1-8]
So Moses accepted the wagons and oxen, and assigned them to the
Levites. He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonites in
proportion to their duties, and four wagons and eight oxen to the
Merarites in proportion to their duties, under the supervision of
Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. He gave none to the Kohathites,
because they had to carry on their shoulders the sacred objects
which were their charge. [NUM 7:6-9]
The LORD said to Moses, "Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, to remove the censers from the embers; and scatter the fire some distance away,
for these sinners have consecrated the censers at the cost of their lives. Have them hammered into plates to cover the altar, because in being presented before the LORD they have become sacred. In this way they shall serve as a sign to the Israelites." [NUM
17:1-3]
The LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons as well as the
other members of your ancestral house shall be responsible for the
sanctuary; but the responsibility of the priesthood shall rest on
you and your sons alone. Bring with you also your other kinsmen of
the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, as your associates and
assistants, while you and your sons are in front of the tent of
the commandments. They shall look after your persons and the whole
tent; however, they shall not come near the sacred vessels or the
altar, lest both they and you die. As your associates they shall
have charge of all the work connected with the meeting tent. But
no layman shall come near you. You shall have charge of the
sanctuary and of the altar, that wrath may not fall again upon the
Israelites. Remember, it is I who have taken your kinsmen, the
Levites, from the body of the Israelites; they are a gift to you,
dedicated to the LORD for the service of the meeting tent. But
only you and your sons are to have charge of performing the
priestly functions in whatever concerns the altar and the room
within the veil. I give you the priesthood as a gift. Any layman
who draws near shall be put to death." [NUM 18:1-7]
The LORD said to Aaron, "I myself have given you charge of the contributions made to me in the various sacred offerings of the Israelites; by perpetual ordinance I have assigned them to you and to your sons as your priestly share.
You shall have the right to share in the oblations that are most sacred, in whatever they offer me as cereal offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings; these shares shall accrue to you and to your sons.
In eating them you shall treat them as most sacred; every male among you may partake of them. As sacred, they belong to you."
[NUM 18:8-10]
"Do not profane the sacred gifts of the Israelites
and so bring death on yourselves." [Taken from NUM 18:32]
"On the first day of the seventh month you shall hold a
sacred assembly, and do no sort of work; it shall be a day on
which you sound the trumpet." [NUM 29:1]
"On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall hold a
sacred assembly, and mortify yourselves, and do no sort of work."
[NUM 29:7]
"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall hold
a sacred assembly, and do no sort of work; then, for seven days
following, you shall celebrate a pilgrimage feast to the LORD."
[NUM 29:12]
Moses sent them out on the campaign, a thousand from each tribe, with Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest for the campaign, who had with him the sacred vessels and the trumpets for sounding the alarm.
They waged war against the Midianites, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and killed every male among them.
[NUM 31:6-7]
"You shall not intermarry with them, neither giving your
daughters to their sons nor taking their daughters for your sons.
For they would turn your sons from following me to serving other
gods, and then the wrath of the LORD would flare up against you
and quickly destroy you. But this is how you must deal with them:
Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down
their sacred poles, and destroy their idols by fire. For you are a
people sacred to the LORD, your God; he has chosen you from all
the nations on the face of the earth to be a people peculiarly his
own. It was not because you are the largest of all nations that
the LORD set his heart on you and chose you, for you are really
the smallest of all nations. It was because the LORD loved you and
because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn to your fathers,
that he brought you out with his strong hand from the place of
slavery, and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
Understand, then, that the LORD, your God, is God indeed, the
faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant down to the
thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his
commandments, but who repays with destruction the person who hates
him; he does not dally with such a one, but makes him personally
pay for it. You shall therefore carefully observe the
commandments, the statutes and the decrees which I enjoin on you
today." [Taken from DEUT 7:3-11]
Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, destroy by
fire their sacred poles, and shatter the idols of their gods, that
you may stamp out the remembrance of them in any such place. [DEUT
12:3]
However, any sacred gifts or votive offerings that you may
have, you shall bring with you to the place which the LORD chooses
[Taken from DEUT 12:26]
For you are a people sacred to the LORD, your God, who has
chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earth to be a
people peculiarly his own. [DEUT 14:2]
"You shall not plant a sacred pole of any kind of wood
beside the altar of the LORD, your God, which you will build; nor shall you erect a sacred pillar, such as the LORD, your
God, detests." [DEUT 16:21-22]
"This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe
these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with
all your heart and with all your soul. Today you are making this
agreement with the LORD: he is to be your God and you are to walk
in his ways and observe his statutes, commandments and decrees,
and to hearken to his voice. And today the LORD is making this
agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as
he promised you; and provided you keep all his commandments, he
will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory above all
other nations he has made, and you will be a people sacred to the
LORD, your God, as he promised." [DEUT 26:16-19]
Provided that you keep the commandments of the LORD, your God, and walk in his ways, he will establish you as a people sacred to himself, as he swore to you;
so that, when all the nations of the earth see you bearing the name of the LORD, they will stand in awe of you.
[Taken from DEUT 28:9-10]
The seventh time around, the priests blew the horns and Joshua
said to the people, "Now shout, for the LORD has given you
the city and everything in it. It is under the LORD'S ban. Only
the harlot Rahab and all who are in the house with her are to be
spared, because she hid the messengers we sent. But be careful not
to take, in your greed, anything that is under the ban; else you
will bring upon the camp of Israel this ban and the misery of it.
All silver and gold, and the articles of bronze or iron, are
sacred to the LORD. They shall be put in the treasury of the
LORD." [JOSH 6:16-19]
At the order of Solomon, the elders of Israel and all the
leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the
Israelites, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
of the LORD'S covenant from the city of David (which is Zion). All
the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the
festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). When all the
elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark; they
carried the ark of the LORD and the meeting tent with all the
sacred vessels that were in the tent. (The priests and Levites
carried them.) [1KGS 8:1-4]
The LORD will strike Israel like a reed tossed about in the
water and will pluck out Israel from this good land which he gave
their fathers, scattering them beyond the River, because they made
sacred poles for themselves and thus provoked the LORD. [1KGS
14:15]
Ahab erected an altar to Baal in the temple of Baal which he built in Samaria,
and also made a sacred pole. He did more to anger the LORD, the God of Israel, than any of the kings of Israel before him.
[1KGS 16:32-33]
For the priests Joash made this rule: "All the funds for sacred purposes that are brought to the temple of the
LORD - the census tax, personal redemption money, and whatever funds are freely brought to the temple of the
LORD - the priests may take for themselves, each from his own clients. However, they must make whatever repairs on the temple may prove necessary."
[2KGS 12:5-6]
And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet
and seer, "Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments
and statutes, in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined
on your fathers and which I sent you by my servants the
prophets," they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as
their fathers, who had not believed in the LORD, their God. They
rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their
fathers, and the warnings which he had given them. The vanity they
pursued, they themselves became: they followed the surrounding
nations whom the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. They
disregarded all the commandments of the LORD, their God, and made
for themselves two molten calves; they also made a sacred pole and
worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. [Taken from
2KGS 17:13-16]
In the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel,
Hezekiah, son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. He was
twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned
twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi,
daughter of Zechariah. He pleased the LORD, just as his forefather
David had done. It was he who removed the high places, shattered
the pillars, and cut down the sacred poles. He smashed the bronze
serpent called Nehushtan which Moses had made, because up to that
time the Israelites were burning incense to it. He put his trust
in the LORD, the God of Israel; and neither before him nor after
him was there anyone like him among all the kings of Judah. [2KGS
18:1-5]
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Hephzibah. He did evil in the sight of the LORD, following the
abominable practices of the nations whom the LORD had cleared out
of the way of the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places which his
father Hezekiah had destroyed. He erected altars to Baal, and also
set up a sacred pole, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done. He
worshiped and served the whole host of heaven. [Taken from 2KGS
21:1-3]
At night they lodged about the house of God, for it was in their charge and they had the duty of opening it each morning. Some of them had charge of the liturgical equipment, tallying it as it was brought in and taken out.
Others were appointed to take care of the utensils and all the sacred vessels, as well as the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
[Taken from 1CHRON 9:27-29]
With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the others who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, "because his kindness endures forever,"
with trumpets and cymbals for accompaniment, and instruments for the sacred chant. The sons of Jeduthun kept the gate.
[1CHRON 16:41-42]
David also commanded all of Israel's leaders to help his son Solomon: "Is not the LORD your God with you? Has he not given you rest on every side? Indeed, he has delivered the occupants of the land into my power, and the land is subdued before the LORD and his people.
Therefore, devote your hearts and souls to seeking the LORD your God. Proceed to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and God's sacred vessels may be brought into the house built in honor of the LORD."
[1CHRON 22:17-19]
All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival of the seventh month. When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, and they carried the ark and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels that were in the tent; it was the levitical priests who carried
them. [Taken from 2CHRON 5:3-5]
King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. Jehu the seer, son of Hanani, met King Jehoshaphat and said to him: "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? For this reason, wrath is upon you from the LORD. Yet some good things are to be found in you, since you have removed the sacred poles from the land and have been determined to seek God."
[2CHRON 19:1-3]
After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and the king then listened to them. They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols; and because of this crime of theirs, wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Although prophets were sent to them to convert them to the LORD, the people would not listen to their warnings.
[2CHRON 24:17-19]
After all this was over, those Israelites who had been present
went forth to the cities of Judah and smashed the sacred pillars,
cut down the sacred poles, and tore down the high places and
altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh, until all
were destroyed. Then the Israelites returned to their various
cities, each to his own possession. [2CHRON 31:1]
The people of these cities and all the inhabitants of the countryside received him with garlands and dancing to the sound of timbrels.
Nevertheless, he devastated their whole territory and cut down their sacred groves, for he had been commissioned to destroy all the gods of the earth, so that every nation might worship Nebuchadnezzar alone, and every people and tribe invoke him as a god.
[JDTH 3:7-8]
They also repaired the sanctuary and the interior of the temple and purified the courts. They made new sacred vessels and brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple. Then they burned incense on the altar and lighted the lamps on the lampstand, and these illuminated the temple.
[Taken from 1MACC 4:48-50]
Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of
the year one hundred and sixty at the feast of Booths, and he
gathered an army and procured many arms. [1MACC 10:21]
Though we have no need of these things, since we have for our encouragement the sacred books that are in our possession, we have ventured to send word to you for the renewal of brotherhood and friendship, so as not to become strangers to you altogether; a long time has passed since your mission to us.
[Taken from 1MACC 12:9-10]
The king, after verifying the fact, fenced the place off and
declared it sacred. [Taken from 2MACC 1:34]
Besides these things, it is also told in the records and in
Nehemiah's Memoirs how he collected the books about the kings, the
writings of the prophets and of David, and the royal letters about
sacred offerings. [2MACC 2:13]
It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, as he promised through the law. We trust in God, that he will soon have mercy on us and gather us together from everywhere under the heavens to his holy Place, for he has rescued us from great perils and has purified his Place.
[2MACC 2:17-18]
When Apollonius had an audience with the king, he informed him
about the riches that had been reported to him. The king chose his
minister Heliodorus and sent him with instructions to expropriate
the aforesaid wealth. So Heliodorus immediately set out on his
journey, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coelesyria and
Phoenicia, but in reality to carry out the king's purpose. When he
arrived in Jerusalem and had been graciously received by the high
priest of the city, he told him about the information that had
been given, and explained the reason for his presence, and he
asked if these things were really true. The high priest explained
that part of the money was a care fund for widows and orphans, and
a part was the property of Hyrcanus, son of Tobias, a man who
occupied a very high position. Contrary to the calumnies of the
impious Simon, the total amounted to four hundred talents of
silver and two hundred of gold. He added that it was utterly
unthinkable to defraud those who had placed their trust in the
sanctity of the Place and in the sacred inviolability of a temple
venerated all over the world. But because of the orders he had
from the king, Heliodorus said that in any case the money must be
confiscated for the royal treasury. So on the day he had set he
went in to take an inventory of the funds. There was great
distress throughout the city. Priests prostrated themselves in
their priestly robes before the altar, and loudly begged him in
heaven who had given the law about deposits to keep the deposits
safe for those who had made them. Whoever saw the appearance of
the high priest was pierced to the heart, for the changed color of
his face manifested the anguish of his soul. The terror and bodily
trembling that had come over the man clearly showed those who saw
him the pain that lodged in his heart. People rushed out of their
houses in crowds to make public supplication, because the Place
was in danger of being profaned. [2MACC 3:7-18]
Menelaus, who was the cause of all the trouble, the king acquitted of the charges, while he condemned to death those poor men who would have been declared innocent even if they had pleaded their case before Scythians.
Thus, those who had prosecuted the case for the city, for the people, and for the sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment.
[2MACC 4:47-48]
Not satisfied with this, the king dared to enter the holiest temple in the world; Menelaus, that traitor both to the laws and to his country, served as guide. He laid his impure hands on the sacred vessels and gathered up with profane hands the votive offerings made by other kings for the advancement, the glory, and the honor of the Place.
Puffed up in spirit, Antiochus did not realize that it was because of the sins of the city's inhabitants that the Lord was angry for a little while and hence disregarded the holy Place.
[2MACC 5:15-17]
Not long after this the king sent an Athenian senator to force
the Jews to abandon the customs of their ancestors and live no
longer by the laws of God; also to profane the temple in Jerusalem
and dedicate it to Olympian Zeus, and that on Mount Gerizim to
Zeus the Hospitable, as the inhabitants of the place requested.
This intensified the evil in an intolerable and utterly disgusting
way. The Gentiles filled the temple with debauchery and revelry;
they amused themselves with prostitutes and had intercourse with
women even in the sacred court. They also brought into the temple
things that were forbidden, so that the altar was covered with
abominable offerings prohibited by the laws. A man could not keep
the sabbath or celebrate the traditional feasts, nor even admit
that he was a Jew. [2MACC 6:1-6]
When Maccabeus and his companions, under the Lord's leadership, had recovered the temple and the city, they destroyed the altars erected by the Gentiles in the marketplace and the sacred
enclosures. After purifying the temple, they made a new altar. [Taken from 2MACC
10:1-3]
On the following day, since the task had now become urgent,
Judas and his men went to gather up the bodies of the slain and
bury them with their kinsmen in their ancestral tombs. But under
the tunic of each of the dead they found amulets sacred to the
idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to wear. So it was
clear to all that this was why these men had been slain. They all
therefore praised the ways of the Lord, the just judge who brings
to light the things that are hidden. Turning to supplication, they
prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble
Judas warned the soldiers to keep themselves free from sin, for
they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the
sin of those who had fallen. He then took up a collection among
all his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, which
he sent to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In
doing this he acted in a very excellent and noble way, inasmuch as
he had the resurrection of the dead in view; for if he were not
expecting the fallen to rise again, it would have been useless and
foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view
to the splendid reward that awaits those who had gone to rest in
godliness, it was a holy and pious thought. Thus he made atonement
for the dead that they might be freed from this sin. [2MACC 12:39-46]
Encouraged by Judas' noble words, which had power to instill
valor and stir young hearts to courage, the Jews determined not to
delay, but to charge gallantly and decide the issue by
hand-to-hand combat with the utmost courage, since their city and
its temple with the sacred vessels were in danger. [2MACC 15:17]
He split the rock and water gushed forth; it flowed through the
desert like a river. For he remembered his sacred word to Abraham
his servant. He brought his people out with joy, his chosen ones
with shouts of triumph. He gave them the lands of the nations, the
wealth of the peoples to own, That they might keep his laws and
observe his teachings. Hallelujah! [Taken from PS 105:41-45]
Rashly to pledge a sacred gift is a trap for a man, or to
regret a vow once made. [PROV 20:25]
Meanwhile I saw wicked men approach and enter; and as they left
the sacred place, they were praised in the city for what they had
done. This also is vanity. Because the sentence against evildoers
is not promptly executed, therefore the hearts of men are filled
with the desire to commit evil - because the sinner does evil a
hundred times and survives. Though indeed I know that it shall be
well with those who fear God, for their reverence toward him; and
that it shall not be well with the wicked man, and he shall not
prolong his shadowy days, for his lack of reverence toward God. [ECCL
8:10-13]
He raised up also, like Moses in holiness, his brother Aaron,
of the tribe of Levi. He made him perpetual in his office when he
bestowed on him the priesthood of his people; He established him
in honor and crowned him with lofty majesty; He clothed him with
splendid apparel, and adorned him with the glorious vestments:
Breeches and tunic and robe with pomegranates around the hem, And
a rustle of bells round about, through whose pleasing sound at
each step He would be heard within the sanctuary, and the children
of his race would be remembered; The sacred vestments of gold, of
violet, and of crimson, wrought with embroidery; The breastpiece
for decision, the ephod and cincture with scarlet yarn, the work
of the weaver; Precious stones with seal engravings in golden
settings, the work of the jeweler, To commemorate in incised
letters each of the tribes of Israel; On his turban the diadem of
gold, its plate wrought with the insignia of holiness, Majestic,
glorious, renowned for splendor, a delight to the eyes, beauty
supreme. Before him, no one was adorned with these, nor may they
ever be worn by any Except his sons and them alone, generation
after generation, for all time. [SIRACH 45:6-13]
On that day man shall look to his maker, his eyes turned toward the Holy One of Israel.
He shall not look to the altars, his handiwork, nor shall he regard what his fingers have made: the sacred poles or the incense stands.
[ISA 17:7-8]
At the end of the seventy years the LORD shall visit Tyre. She shall return to her hire and deal with all the world's kingdoms on the face of the earth.
But her merchandise and her hire shall be sacred to the LORD. It shall not be stored up or laid away, but from her
merchandise those who dwell before the LORD shall eat their fill and clothe themselves in choice attire.
[ISA 23:17-18]
This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob's guilt, this the
whole fruit of the removal of his sin: He shall pulverize all the
stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no sacred poles or
incense altars shall stand. [ISA 27:9]
Sacred to the LORD was Israel, the first fruits of his harvest;
Should anyone presume to partake of them, evil would befall him,
says the LORD. [JER 2:3]
How tarnished is the gold, how changed the noble metal; How the
sacred stones lie strewn at every street corner! Zion's precious
sons, fine gold their counterpart, Now worth no more than earthen
jars made by the hands of a potter! [LAM 4:1-2]
Her priests violate my law and profane what is holy to me; they
do not distinguish between the sacred and the profane, nor teach
the difference between the unclean and the clean; they pay no
attention to my sabbaths, so that I have been profaned in their
midst. [EZEK 22:26]
Below the chambers to the south there was an entrance at the
beginning of the way which led to the back wall, by which one
could enter from the east. He said to me, "The north and
south chambers which border on the free area are the sanctuary
chambers; here the priests who draw near to the LORD shall eat the
most sacred meals, and here they shall keep the most sacred
offerings: cereal offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings;
for it is a holy place. When the priests have once entered, they
shall not leave the holy place for the outer court until they have
left here the clothing in which they ministered, for it is holy.
They shall put on other garments, and then approach the place
destined for the people." [EZEK 42:12-14]
Thus he measured it in the four directions, five hundred cubits
long and five hundred cubits wide. It was surrounded by a wall, to
separate the sacred from the profane. [EZEK 42:20]
As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel (that they may be ashamed of their sins), both its measurements and its design;
(and if they are ashamed of all that they have done,) make known to them the form and design of the temple, its exits and entrances, all its statutes and laws; write these down for them to see, that they may carefully observe all its laws and statutes.
This is the law of the temple: its whole surrounding area on the mountain top shall be most sacred. [EZEK
43:10-12]
Because they used to minister for them before their idols, and became an occasion of sin to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn an oath against them, says the Lord GOD: they shall bear the consequences of their sin. They shall no longer draw near me to serve as my priests, nor shall they touch any of my sacred things, or the most sacred things. Thus they shall bear their disgrace because of all their abominable deeds. But I will set them to the service of the temple, for all its work and for everything that is to be done in it.
[Taken from EZEK 44:12-14]
They shall teach my people to distinguish between the sacred
and the profane, and make known to them the difference between the
clean and the unclean. [EZEK 44:23]
When you apportion the land into inheritances, you shall set
apart a sacred tract of land for the LORD, twenty-five thousand
cubits long and twenty thousand wide; its whole area shall be
sacred. Of this land a square plot, five hundred by five hundred
cubits, surrounded by a free space of fifty cubits, shall be
assigned to the sanctuary. Also from this sector measure off a
strip, twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide,
within which shall be the sanctuary, the holy of holies. This
shall be the sacred part of the land belonging to the priests, the
ministers of the sanctuary, who draw near to minister to the LORD;
it shall be a place for their homes and pasture land for their
cattle. Also there shall be a strip twenty-five thousand cubits
long and ten thousand wide as property for the Levites, the
ministers of the temple, that they may have cities to live in. As
property of the City you shall designate a strip five thousand
cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, parallel to the sacred
tract; this shall belong to the whole house of Israel. The prince
shall have a section bordering on both sides of the combined
sacred tract and City property, extending westward on the western
side and eastward on the eastern side, corresponding in length to
one of the tribal portions from the western boundary to the
eastern boundary of the land. This shall be his property in
Israel, so that the princes of Israel will no longer oppress my
people, but will leave the land to the house of Israel according
to their tribes. [EZEK 45:1-8]
On the frontier of Judah, from the eastern to the western
boundary there shall be the tract which you shall set apart,
twenty-five thousand cubits from north to south, and as wide as
one of the tribal portions from the eastern to the western
boundary. In the center of the tract shall be the sanctuary. The
tract that you set aside for the LORD shall be twenty-five
thousand cubits across by twenty thousand north and south. In this
sacred tract the priests shall have twenty-five thousand cubits on
the north, ten thousand on the west, ten thousand on the east, and
twenty-five thousand on the south; and the sanctuary of the LORD
shall be in its center. The consecrated priests, the Zadokites,
who fulfilled my service and did not stray along with the
Israelites as the Levites did, shall have within this tract of
land their own most sacred domain, next to the territory of the
Levites. The Levites shall have a territory corresponding to that
of the priests, twenty-five thousand cubits by ten thousand. The
whole tract shall be twenty-five thousand cubits across and twenty
thousand north and south. They may not sell or exchange or
alienate this, the best part of the land, for it is sacred to the
LORD. The remaining five thousand cubits along the
twenty-five-thousand-cubit line are profane land, assigned to the
City for dwellings and pasture; the City shall be at their center.
These are the dimensions of the City: the north side, forty-five
hundred cubits; the south side, forty-five hundred cubits; the
east side, forty-five hundred cubits; and the west side,
forty-five hundred cubits. The pasture lands of the City shall
extend north two hundred and fifty cubits, south two hundred and
fifty cubits, east two hundred and fifty cubits, and west two
hundred and fifty cubits. There shall remain an area along the
sacred tract, ten thousand cubits to the east and ten thousand to
the west, whose produce shall provide food for the workers of the
City. The workers in the City shall be taken from all the tribes
of Israel. The entire tract shall be twenty-five thousand by
twenty-five thousand cubits; as a perfect square you shall set
apart the sacred tract together with the City property. The
remainder shall belong to the prince: the land on both sides of
the sacred tract and the City property, extending along the
twenty-five-thousand-cubit line eastward to the eastern boundary,
and westward along the twenty-five-thousand-cubit line to the
western boundary, a territory parallel with the tribal portions
for the prince. The sacred tract and the sanctuary of the temple
shall be in the middle. [EZEK 48:8-21]
Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The
more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more
productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up. Their
heart is false, now they pay for their guilt; God shall break down
their altars and destroy their sacred pillars. [HOSEA 10:1-2]
I will abolish your carved images and the sacred pillars from
your midst; And you shall no longer adore the works of your hands.
I will tear out the sacred poles from your midst, and destroy your
cities. I will wreak vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations
that have not hearkened. [Taken from MICAH 5:12-14]
[Jesus said,] "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If one
swears by the temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the
gold of the temple, one is obligated.' Blind fools, which is
greater, the gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? And
you say, 'If one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one
swears by the gift on the altar, one is obligated.' You blind
ones, which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift
sacred? One who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is
upon it; one who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who
dwells in it; one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God
and by him who is seated on it." [Taken from MT 23:16-22]
Afterwards Jesus
himself, through them, sent forth from east to west the sacred and
imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen. [Taken from
MK 16:20]
When the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from the
province of Asia noticed him in the temple, stirred up the whole
crowd, and laid hands on him, shouting, "Fellow Israelites,
help us. This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere
against the people and the law and this place, and what is more,
he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this sacred
place." For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian
in the city with him and supposed that Paul had brought him into
the temple. The whole city was in turmoil with people rushing
together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and
immediately the gates were closed. While they were trying to kill
him, a report reached the cohort commander that all Jerusalem was
rioting. He immediately took soldiers and centurions and charged
down on them. When they saw the commander and the soldiers they
stopped beating Paul. The cohort commander came forward, arrested
him, and ordered him to be secured with two chains; he tried to
find out who he might be and what he had done. [ACTS 21:27-33]
So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are
fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of
God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with
Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him the whole
structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the
Lord; in him you also are being built together into a dwelling
place of God in the Spirit. [EPH 2:19-22]
You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith,
patience, love, endurance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as
happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that
I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In
fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to
worse, deceivers and deceived. But you, remain faithful to what
you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you
learned it, and that from infancy you have known (the) sacred
scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation
through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God
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