Thematic Bible: Special laws respecting
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priests » Special laws respecting » Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle
Never drink beer or wine when you or your sons enter the sacred tent. If you do, you will die right there! This is a long lasting law from generation to generation.
None of the priests may drink wine when they enter the inner courtyard.
priests » Special laws respecting » Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things
If any people who are not members of a priestly family eat any of the sacred offerings without intending to, they must repay the priest its full value plus an additional twenty percent. The priests must not profane the sacred offerings by letting any unauthorized people eat them. This would bring guilt and punishment on such people. I am Jehovah and I make the offerings holy.'
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin
Jehovah gave Moses these instructions for Aaron's sons, the priests: Touching a dead body will make you unclean. So do not go near a dead relative, except for your mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister, who has no husband to take care of her. read more.
As the head of your people, you should never become unclean. That would make you unholy. You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies. Be God's holy men. Do not dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. It is the food (bread) of your God.
As the head of your people, you should never become unclean. That would make you unholy. You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies. Be God's holy men. Do not dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to Jehovah. It is the food (bread) of your God.
priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not eat of the holy things
Tell them: 'In future generations if any of your descendants, while unclean, comes near the holy offerings the Israelites set apart for Jehovah, that person must be excluded from my presence. I am Jehovah. None of the descendants of Aaron who has a dreaded skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the sacred offerings until he is ritually clean. Any priest is unclean if he touches anything that is unclean through contact with a corpse or if he has an emission of semen or if he has touched an unclean animal or person. read more.
Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening. Even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has taken a bath. After the sunsets he is clean. Then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.
Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening. Even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has taken a bath. After the sunsets he is clean. Then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.
priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not perform any service
Jehovah continued to speak to Moses: Tell Aaron and his sons that they must respect the holy offerings that the Israelites set apart for me. In this way they will not dishonor my holy name. I am Jehovah.
priests » Special laws respecting » Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion
A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings.
priests » Special laws respecting » All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion
A priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives.
priests » Special laws respecting » No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion
Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings. No one else may eat them, not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
He must not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals. It will make him unclean. I am Jehovah.
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to marry divorced or improper persons
Never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.