Exodus 32:29 Cross References

Exodus 32:29

29: Then Moses told the Levites, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing."

Numbers 25:11

  1. "Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by displaying passionate zeal among them on my behalf. So I have stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my anger.
  2. So tell him that I am making my special covenant of peace with him.
  3. In this covenant, he and his descendants will be priests for all time, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel."

Zechariah 13:3

  1. If anyone begins prophesying again, his own father and mother will tell him, `You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the LORD.' Then his own father and mother will stab him.

Matthew 10:37

  1. If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.

1 Samuel 15:18

  1. And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, `Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'
  2. Why haven't you obeyed the LORD? Why did you rush for the plunder and do exactly what the LORD said not to do?"
  3. "But I did obey the LORD," Saul insisted. "I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.
  4. Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep and cattle and plunder to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal."
  5. But Samuel replied, "What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. Listening to him is much better than offering the fat of rams.

Proverbs 21:3

  1. The LORD is more pleased when we do what is just and right than when we give him sacrifices.

Deuteronomy 33:9

  1. The Levites obeyed your word and guarded your covenant. They were more loyal to you than to their parents, relatives, and children.
  2. Now let them teach your regulations to Jacob; let them give your instructions to Israel. They will present incense before you and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.

Joel 2:12

  1. That is why the LORD says, "Turn to me now, while there is time! Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
  2. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.
  3. Who knows? Perhaps even yet he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this terrible curse. Perhaps he will give you so much that you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before!

Deuteronomy 13:6

  1. "Suppose your brother, son, daughter, beloved wife, or closest friend comes to you secretly and says, `Let us go worship other gods'--gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.
  2. They might suggest that you worship the gods of peoples who live nearby or who come from the ends of the earth.
  3. If they do this, do not give in or listen, and have no pity. Do not spare or protect them.
  4. You must put them to death! You must be the one to initiate the execution; then all the people must join in.
  5. Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.
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