Num 16:3, Isa 48:1-2, Jer 7:4, 9-12, Eze 7:20-24, 24:21, Mic 3:11 | ESV | STEP | They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, You have gone too far ! For all in the congregation are holy , every one of them , and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord ?

3 ^aThey assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, ^b“You have gone too far! For ^call in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

Isaiah 48:1-2

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
^dwho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^ewho came from the waters of Judah,
^fwho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
^gand stay themselves on the God of Israel;
the Lord of hosts is his name.

Jeremiah 7:4

4 ^hDo not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

Jeremiah 7:9-12

9 ⁱWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, ^jswear falsely, ^kmake offerings to Baal, ^land go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, ^mwhich is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 ⁿHas this house, ^owhich is called by my name, ^pbecome a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord. 12 Go now to ^qmy place that was in Shiloh, ^rwhere I made my name dwell at first, and ^ssee what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.

Ezekiel 7:20-24

20 ^tHis beautiful ornament they used for pride, and ^uthey made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore ^vI make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of ^wforeigners for prey, ^xand to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and ^ythey shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and ^zthey shall profane my treasured ^{▼▼Or secret} place. Robbers shall enter ^aband profane it.

23 ^ac“Forge a chain! ^{▼▼Probably refers to an instrument of captivity} ^aeFor the land is full of bloody crimes ^afand the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring ^agthe worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. ^ahI will put an end to the pride of the strong, ^aiand their holy places ^{▼▼By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them} shall be profaned.

Ezekiel 24:21

21 ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^akBehold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and ^alyour sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

Micah 3:11

11 ^amIts heads give judgment for a bribe;
^anits priests teach for a price;
^aoits prophets practice divination for money;
^apyet they lean on the Lord and ^aqsay,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
^arNo disaster shall come upon us.”