2 Kings 12:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.”
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“The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests’.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The money for the trespass-offerings, and the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah: it was the priests’.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah--for the priests it is.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Kings 12:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 4:24He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:15“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 7:7The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
- Numbers 5:8But if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
- Numbers 18:8Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
- Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
- Nehemiah 13:13I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
- Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
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