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Mat 12:5 — Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

on		Num 28:9,10; Jhn 7:22,23
profane		Neh 13:17; Eze 24:21

Correlating Passages

	Num 28:9	And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
	Num 28:10	[This is] the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
	Jhn 7:22	Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
	Jhn 7:23	If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

profane

	Neh 13:17	Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
	Eze 24:21	Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 12:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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