Quotes about Ritual

They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.

The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

Take the choicest of the flock and pile the fuel beneath it. Bring it to a boil and cook the bones in it.’

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”