Deuteronomy 26:14

New American Bible - revised edition

I have not eaten any of the tithe while in mourning; I have not brought any of it while unclean; I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have thus obeyed the voice of the Lord, my God, and done just as you have commanded me.

Cross References

Psalm 106:28

They joined in the rites of Baal of Peor, ate food sacrificed to the dead.

Psalm 18:22

For I kept the ways of the Lord; I was not disloyal to my God.

Jeremiah 16:7

They will not break bread with the bereaved to offer consolation for the dead; they will not give them the cup of consolation to drink over the death of father or mother.

Ezekiel 24:17

Groan, moan for the dead, but make no public lament; bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, but do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners.

Hosea 9:4

They will not pour libations of wine to the Lord, and their sacrifices will not please him. Their bread will be like mourners’ bread, that makes unclean all who eat of it; Their food will be for their own appetites; it cannot enter the house of the Lord.

Leviticus 21:1

The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his kindred,

Leviticus 21:11

nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean;

Leviticus 7:20

If, however, someone in a state of uncleanness eats the meat of a communion sacrifice belonging to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from the people.

Malachi 2:13

This also you do: the altar of the Lord you cover with tears, weeping, and groaning, Because the Lord no longer takes note of your offering or accepts it favorably from your hand.

Deuteronomy 13:5

The Lord, your God, shall you follow, and him shall you fear; his commandments shall you observe, and to his voice shall you listen; him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.

Deuteronomy 15:5

if you but listen to the voice of the Lord, your God, and carefully observe this entire commandment which I enjoin on you today.

Deuteronomy 16:11

You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord, your God, together with your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow among you, in the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name.

Deuteronomy 26:13

you shall declare before the Lord, your God, “I have purged my house of the sacred portion and I have given it to the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan and the widow, just as you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor forgotten any.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down, then, from heaven, your holy abode, and bless your people Israel and the fields you have given us, as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.” The Covenant.