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from before the sanctuary out of the camp.” burnt offering before the LORD, and such
5 So they went near and carried them by their things have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin
tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. offering today, would it have been accepted in
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar the sight of the LORD?” So when Moses heard
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and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your that, he was content.
heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and Psalm 25:1–7
wrath come upon all the people. But let your
brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the A Psalm of David.
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burning which the LORD has kindled. You o You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
shall not go out from the door of the taberna- T 2 O my God, I trust in You;
cle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing Let me not be ashamed;
oil of the LORD is upon you.” And they did Let not my enemies triumph
according to the word of Moses. over me.
8 Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying: 3
9 “Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, Indeed, let no one who waits on You
be ashamed;
nor your sons with you, when you go into the Let those be ashamed who deal
tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be treacherously without cause.
a statute forever throughout your generations,
10 that you may distinguish between holy and 4 Show me Your ways, O LORD;
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unholy, and between unclean and clean, and Teach me Your paths.
that you may teach the children of Israel all 5 Lead me in Your truth and
the statutes which the LORD has spoken to teach me,
them by the hand of Moses.” For You are the God of my
12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to salvation;
Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: On You I wait all the day.
“Take the grain offering that remains of the 6 Remember, O LORD, Your tender
offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
without leaven beside the altar; for it is most For they are from of old.
holy. You shall eat it in a holy place, because
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7 Do not remember the sins
it is your due and your sons’ due, of the sac- of my youth, nor my
rifices made by fire to the LORD; for so I have
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been commanded. The breast of the wave transgressions;
offering and the thigh of the heave offering According to Your mercy remember
you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, me,
and your daughters with you; for they are For Your goodness’ sake,
your due and your sons’ due, which are given O LORD.
from the sacrifices of peace offerings of the
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children of Israel. The thigh of the heave
offering and the breast of the wave offering
they shall bring with the offerings of fat 25:6,7 Remember…Do not remember…
made by fire, to offer as a wave offering remember. These are not concerns about
before the LORD. And it shall be yours and God forgetting something, but the psalmist’s
your sons’ with you, by a statute forever, as prayer reminders about God’s gracious
the LORD has commanded.” covenant promises and provisions,all of which
16 Then Moses made careful inquiry about are grounded upon His “goodness‘ sake”(see v.
the goat of the sin offering, and there it was— 11,“Your name’s sake”).
burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar
and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left,
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saying, “Why have you not eaten the sin Proverbs 9:13–18
offering in a holy place, since it is most holy,
and God has given it to you to bear the guilt of 13 A foolish woman is clamorous;
the congregation, to make atonement for She is simple, and knows nothing.
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them before the LORD? See! Its blood was 14 For she sits at the door
not brought inside the holy place; indeed you of her house,
should have eaten it in a holy place, as I On a seat by the highest places
commanded.” of the city,
19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Look, this day 15 To call to those who pass by,
they have offered their sin offering and their Who go straight on their way:

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