Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Because they have defiled

Bible References

Remember

Nehemiah 6:14
Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to their works, and also Noadiah the prophetess, and the remainder of the prophets who were frightening me.
Psalm 59:5
And you, Yahweh, God [of] hosts, [are] the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any [who] treacherously plot evil. Selah
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the metalworker did me much harm; may the Lord pay back to him according to his deeds,

Because they have defiled

Leviticus 21:1
Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and say to them, 'One must not make himself unclean for a dead person among his [own] people,

The covenant

Numbers 16:9
[Is it] too little for you that the God of Israel set you apart from the community of Israel {to allow you to approach him} to do the work of the tabernacle of Yahweh, to stand {before} the community to serve them?
Numbers 25:12
Therefore say, 'Behold, I [am] giving to him my covenant of peace,
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!
Malachi 2:4
"Then you will know that I have sent to you this command, that my covenant with Levi {continues}," says Yahweh of hosts.