Deuteronomy 26:14

New International Reader's Version

I haven’t eaten any part of your sacred share while I mourned over someone who had died. I haven’t taken any of it from my house while I was ‘unclean.’ And I haven’t offered any of it to the dead. Lord my God, I’ve obeyed you. I’ve done everything you commanded me to do.

Cross References

Psalm 106:28

They joined in worshiping the Baal that was worshiped at Peor. They ate food that had been offered to gods that aren’t even alive.

Psalm 18:22

I keep all his laws in mind. I haven’t turned away from his commands.

Jeremiah 16:7

No one will offer food or drink to comfort those who mourn for the dead. No one will do this even if someone’s father or mother has died.

Ezekiel 24:17

Groan quietly. Do not mourn for your wife when she dies. Keep your turban on your head. Keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your mustache and beard. Do not eat the food people eat to comfort them when someone dies.”

Hosea 9:4

You won’t pour out wine offerings to the Lord. Your sacrifices won’t please him. They’ll be like the bread people eat when someone dies. Everyone who eats those sacrifices will be “unclean.” They themselves will have to eat that kind of food. They can’t bring it into the Lord’s temple.

Leviticus 21:1

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron. Tell them, ‘A priest must not make himself “unclean” by going near the dead body of any of his people.

Leviticus 21:11

He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself “unclean,” even if his father or mother dies.

Leviticus 7:20

But suppose an “unclean” person eats any meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the Lord. Then they will be separated from their people.

Malachi 2:13

Here’s something else you do. You flood the Lord’s altar with your tears. You weep and cry because your offerings don’t please him anymore. He doesn’t accept them with pleasure from your hands.

Deuteronomy 13:5

That prophet or dreamer must be put to death. He told you not to obey the Lord your God. The Lord brought you out of Egypt. He set you free from the land where you were slaves. He commanded you to live the way he wants you to. But that prophet or dreamer has tried to get you to be unfaithful to the Lord. Get rid of that evil person.

Deuteronomy 15:5

The Lord your God will bless you if you obey him completely. Be careful to follow all the commands I’m giving you today.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful at the special place he will choose for his Name. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites living in your towns. So should the outsiders and widows living among you. And so should the children whose fathers have died.

Deuteronomy 26:13

Speak to the Lord your God. Say to him, “I have taken your sacred share from my house. I have given it to the Levites, outsiders and widows. I have also given it to children whose fathers have died. I’ve done everything you commanded me to do. I haven’t stopped obeying your commands. I haven’t forgotten any of them.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from the holy place where you live in heaven. Bless your people Israel. Bless the land you have given us. It’s the land you promised to give to our people of long ago. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey.”