Nehemiah 12:30 Cross References

Nehemiah 12:30

30: The priests and Levites first dedicated themselves, then the people, the gates, and the wall.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Go down and prepare the people for my visit. Purify them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.

When these celebrations ended--and sometimes they lasted several days--Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, "Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular practice.

He said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves, and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary.

That is why he has to offer sacrifices, both for their sins and for his own sins.

So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Destroy your idols, wash yourselves, and put on clean clothing.

Now a high priest is a man chosen to represent other human beings in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers their sacrifices for sins.

"Here is another ritual law required by the LORD: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer that has no physical defects and has never been yoked to a plow.
Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
Eleazar will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tabernacle.
As Eleazar watches, the heifer must be burned--its hide, meat, blood, and dung.
Eleazar the priest must then take cedarwood, a hyssop branch, and scarlet thread and throw them into the fire where the heifer is burning.

The Passover meal was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile and by the others in the land who had turned from their immoral customs to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath. Remember this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.

He told them, "Get ready for an important event two days from now. And until then, abstain from having sexual intercourse."

So I purged out everything foreign and assigned tasks to the priests and Levites, making certain that each knew his work.

But there were too few priests to prepare all the burnt offerings, so their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and until more priests had been purified. For the Levites had been more conscientious about purifying themselves than the priests.

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