And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much according to all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
Watch your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they do not consider that they do evil.
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; so that they do not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he does not come at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; so that he does not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
For the time has come that judgment must begin at the household of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those who do not obey the gospel of God?