1 Samuel 16:5

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1 Samuel 16:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”

4 So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

5 “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

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Exodus 19:10

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14

When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 19:15

“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

Leviticus 20:7

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:8

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Numbers 11:8

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Joshua 3:5

Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

Joshua 7:13

Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

2 Chronicles 30:17

Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:18

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2 Chronicles 30:19

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2 Chronicles 30:20

And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Job 1:5

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Psalms 26:2

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Psalms 26:3

For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

Psalms 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Psalms 26:5

I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

Psalms 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

Joel 2:16

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1 Corinthians 11:28

Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.