Nehemiah 13:29 Cross References
Nehemiah 13:29
29: Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the promises and vows of the priests and Levites.
Nehemiah 6:14
- Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.
Leviticus 21:1
- The LORD said to Moses, "Tell the priests to avoid making themselves ceremonially unclean by touching a dead relative
- unless it is a close relative--mother or father, son or daughter, brother
- or virgin sister who was dependent because she had no husband.
- As a husband among his relatives, he must not defile himself.
- "The priests must never shave their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.
2 Timothy 4:14
- Alexander the coppersmith has done me much harm, but the Lord will judge him for what he has done.
Numbers 25:12
- So tell him that I am making my special covenant of peace with him.
- 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."
1 Samuel 2:30
- "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The terrible things you are doing cannot continue! I had promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor only those who honor me, and I will despise those who despise me.
Malachi 2:4
- Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites may continue," says the LORD Almighty.
- "The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and this is what I gave them. This called for reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.
- They passed on to the people all the truth they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.
- The priests' lips should guard knowledge, and people should go to them for instruction, for the priests are the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
- But not you! You have left God's paths. Your `guidance' has caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the LORD Almighty.
Numbers 16:9
- Does it seem a small thing to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the people of Israel to be near him as you serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and to stand before the people to minister to them?
- He has given this special ministry only to you and your fellow Levites, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well!
Malachi 2:10
- Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why are we faithless to each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
- In Judah, in Israel, and in Jerusalem there is treachery, for the men of Judah have defiled the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.
- May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD Almighty.
Psalms 59:5
- O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rise up to punish hostile nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors.
- They come at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.
- Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths, the piercing swords that fly from their lips. "Who can hurt us?" they sneer.
- But LORD, you laugh at them. You scoff at all the hostile nations.
- You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my place of safety.