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Eze 45:18 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

In the first month		This seems to enjoin, not a mere dedication, but an annual purification of the sanctuary; of which there is nothing said in the Mosaic law. Exd 12:2; Num 28:11-15; Mat 6:33
without blemish		Lev 22:20; Hbr 7:26; Hbr 9:14; 1Pe 1:19
and cleanse		Eze 43:22,26; Lev 16:16,33; Hbr 9:22-25; Hbr 10:3,4,19-22

Correlating Passages

In the first month

	Exd 12:2	This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.
	Num 28:11	And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
	Num 28:12	And three tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
	Num 28:13	And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil [for] a meat offering unto one lamb; [for] a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
	Num 28:14	And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third [part] of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth [part] of an hin unto a lamb: this [is] the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
	Num 28:15	And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
	Mat 6:33	But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

without blemish

	Lev 22:20	[But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
	Hbr 7:26	For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
	Hbr 9:14	How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
	1Pe 1:19	But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

and cleanse

	Eze 43:22	And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse [it] with the bullock.
	Eze 43:26	Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.
	Lev 16:16	And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
	Lev 16:33	And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
	Hbr 9:22	And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
	Hbr 9:23	[It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
	Hbr 9:24	For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
	Hbr 9:25	Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
	Hbr 10:3	But in those [sacrifices there is] a remembrance again [made] of sins every year.
	Hbr 10:4	For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
	Hbr 10:19	Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
	Hbr 10:20	By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
	Hbr 10:21	And [having] an high priest over the house of God;
	Hbr 10:22	Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ezekiel 45:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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