'Especially' in the Bible

For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will become especially holy; whatever touches the altar will become holy.

“Once a year Aaron is to perform the purification rite on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he is to perform the purification rite for it once a year, with the blood of the sin offering for atonement. The altar is especially holy to the Lord.”

Consecrate them and they will be especially holy. Whatever touches them will be consecrated.

Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy to you.

Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar so that it will be especially holy.

It must not be baked with yeast; I have assigned it as their portion from My fire offerings. It is especially holy, like the sin offering and the restitution offering.

Any male among the priests may eat it; it is especially holy.

“Now this is the law of the restitution offering; it is especially holy.

Any male among the priests may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.

Moses spoke to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: “Take the grain offering that is left over from the fire offerings to the Lord, and eat it prepared without yeast beside the altar, because it is especially holy.

“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? For it is especially holy, and He has assigned it to you to take away the guilt of the community and make atonement for them before the Lord.

He is to slaughter the male lamb at the place in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered, for like the sin offering, the restitution offering belongs to the priest; it is especially holy.

He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.

Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.

This was to teach the future generations of the Israelites how to fight in battle, especially those who had not fought before.

This is the law of the temple: all its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be especially holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.

Then the men who tended them fled. They went into the city and reported everything—especially what had happened to those who were demon-possessed.

I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore, I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this examination is over, I may have something to write.

especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom but by God’s grace.

and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves especially to the Lord, then to us by God’s will.

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.

All the saints greet you, but especially those from Caesar’s household.

In fact, we labor and strive for this, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe.

But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus, as well as the scrolls, especially the parchments.

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

This is how God’s children—and the Devil’s children—are made evident.Whoever does not do what is right is not of God, especially the one who does not love his brother.