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2 Timothy 4 1
I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
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1 Chronicles 23 32
They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the LORD’s temple.
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Leviticus 22:2-33
“ Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.Say to them,‘ Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person’s impurity–the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food.He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the LORD.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.“‘ No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest’s own house may eat his food.If a priest’s daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.“‘ If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them,‘ When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the LORD as a burnt offering,if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw.“‘ You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD.As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering.You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the LORD.You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day.When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit.On that very day it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it over until morning. I am the LORD.“ You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
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Ezekiel 40:45-46
He said to me,“ This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the LORD to minister to him.”
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Numbers 18:3-5
They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites.
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Ezekiel 44:14
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it.
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Ezra 8:24-30
Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers,and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God– items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.Then I said to them,“ You are holy to the LORD, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the LORD.”Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
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1 Timothy 6 13
I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
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Acts 7:53
You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it.”
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Ezekiel 44:16
They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.
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Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.”