Thematic Bible: Special laws respecting
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priests » Special laws respecting » Not to drink wine, &c while attending in the tabernacle
"You and your sons with you are not to drink wine that is, any intoxicating drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting. That way, you won't die. This is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
None of the priests are to drink wine after entering the inner courtyard.
priests » Special laws respecting » Restitution to be made to, by persons ignorantly eating of their holy things
If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest. They are not to defile the sacred things of the Israelis that they have offered to the LORD, thereby causing them to bear the punishment of their iniquity for wrongdoing when they eat their sacred things, because I am the LORD, who sets them apart."
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin
The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people, except his close relatives his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or virgin sister (who is a near relative of him and did not have a husband he may defile himself for her). read more.
Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself. "They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh. They are to be holy to their God. They are not to defile the name of their God, because they're the ones who bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire the food of their God so they are to be holy.
Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself. "They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh. They are to be holy to their God. They are not to defile the name of their God, because they're the ones who bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire the food of their God so they are to be holy.
priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not eat of the holy things
Tell them that whoever among your descendants throughout your generations approaches the sacred things that the Israelis had consecrated to the LORD while still remaining unclean is to be eliminated from my presence. I am the LORD. If one of Aaron's descendants has an infectious skin disease or a discharge, he is not to eat anything sacred until he has been cleansed. Anyone who touches an unclean thing on account of the dead, or who has a seminal discharge, or who becomes unclean by touching a creeping creature or another human being, whatever the uncleanness may be read more.
such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water. When the sun has gone down and he has been cleansed, he may eat of the sacred things, since that's his food.
such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water. When the sun has gone down and he has been cleansed, he may eat of the sacred things, since that's his food.
priests » Special laws respecting » While unclean could not perform any service
Later on, the LORD told Moses, "Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.
priests » Special laws respecting » Children of, married to strangers, not to eat of their portion
If a priest's daughter marries a resident alien, she is not to eat the sacred raised offerings.
priests » Special laws respecting » All bought and home-born servants to eat of their portion
If a priest acquires a slave as property with his own money, he may eat with him. Those who were born in his house may eat his food.
priests » Special laws respecting » No sojourner or hired servant to eat of their portion
"No resident alien is to eat anything sacred. Neither the visitor of the priest nor a hired laborer is to eat anything sacred.
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves by eating what died or was torn
He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to marry divorced or improper persons
"They are not to marry a prostitute or a woman who has been dishonored or who was divorced from her husband, because the priest is holy to his God.