TEMPLE - Part 1 of 2
67 Numbers 18:5 - Be not lax in guarding the Sanctuary.
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
68 Leviticus 16:2 - High Priest enter Sanctuary only at prescribed times.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
69 Leviticus 21:23 - Cohen (priest) with blemish come near to Altar.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
70 Leviticus 21:17 - Cohen (priest) with a blemish not to minister in the Sanctuary.
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
71 Leviticus 21:18 - Cohen (priest) with temporary blemish minister not in Sanctuary.
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
72 Numbers 18:3 - Levites and Cohanim not to interchange in their functions.
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
73 Leviticus 10:9 - Drunk persons may not enter Sanctuary or teach Torah.
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
74 Numbers 18:4 - A non-Cohen (priest) not to minister in Sanctuary.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
75 Leviticus 22:2 - A unclean Cohen (priest) not to minister in Sanctuary.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
76 Leviticus 21:6 - A defiled Cohen (priest), not to minister in Sanctuary.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
77 Numbers 5:2 - A leper not to enter any part of Temple.
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
78 Deuteronomy 23:11 - No unclean person may enter camp of Levites.
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.