Quotes About Ritual

and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”

And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”

If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?í” “No,” replied the priests.

So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

Or havenít you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

Then a dispute arose between Johnís disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates, hoping to offer a sacrifice along with the crowds.

So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,