1 Samuel 16:5

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Summary

And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

Sanctify yourselves

Bible References

Sanctify yourselves

And the Lord told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil.

Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, because the Lord will do wonders among you tomorrow.”

“Go and consecrate the people. Tell them to consecrate themselves for tomorrow, for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are things that are set apart among you, Israel. You will not be able to stand against your enemies until you remove what is set apart.

for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.

Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;

gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.