100 Bible Verses About Temple Worship

Bible verses about Temple Worship

Delving into scripture about Temple worship offers profound insights into God's dwelling place among His people and the evolving relationship between humanity and the divine. Understanding the significance of the Temple, its rituals, and its ultimate fulfillment in Christ deepens our appreciation for God's holiness and His desire for intimate communion. Through these verses, we discover echoes of Eden, a yearning for restored fellowship, and a foreshadowing of the spiritual temple that we, as believers, now embody. Studying this topic is not just historical; it's transformative, inviting us to examine our own hearts as temples of the Holy Spirit, dedicated to His glory.

Featured Verse

Isaiah 66:23 (KJV)

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Temple Worship: Bible Verses & Meaning Explained

And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Leviticus 4:8KJV

And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

Leviticus 22:14KJV

And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

Numbers 6:15KJV

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 7:41KJV

And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire: for so I am commanded.

Leviticus 10:13KJV

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

Exodus 36:37KJV

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Exodus 29:6KJV

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

Numbers 7:33KJV

And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

Numbers 28:28KJV

And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.

Exodus 37:2KJV

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Exodus 39:2KJV

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

Deuteronomy 23:18KJV

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

Psalms 65:4KJV

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

Numbers 7:40KJV

Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Leviticus 10:17KJV

And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.

Exodus 39:22KJV

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

Exodus 29:40KJV

As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

Leviticus 7:7KJV

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

Numbers 7:62KJV

Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.

Numbers 15:6KJV

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

Numbers 28:2KJV

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord.

Leviticus 7:11KJV

And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

1 Kings 7:44KJV

But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

Leviticus 11:38KJV

Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

Numbers 15:9KJV

Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chronicles 4:20KJV

But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:

Numbers 29:8KJV

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:39KJV

And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 13:11KJV

And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Leviticus 2:16KJV

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

Numbers 18:13KJV

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.

Leviticus 17:5KJV

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:23KJV

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

Exodus 27:6KJV

And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.

Exodus 36:27KJV

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Leviticus 1:13KJV

And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 16:7KJV

Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

Leviticus 7:13KJV

But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

Exodus 29:14KJV

The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,

Exodus 39:36KJV

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Exodus 24:6KJV

And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

Numbers 29:29KJV

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kings 8:6KJV

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.

Numbers 28:14KJV

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

2 Chronicles 35:5KJV

And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:

Leviticus 2:2KJV

And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,

1 Kings 7:48KJV

And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 5:9KJV

And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

Leviticus 4:30KJV

And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

Leviticus 4:26KJV

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Isaiah 60:7KJV

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Leviticus 1:15KJV

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

Numbers 7:16KJV

And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

Leviticus 8:26KJV

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.

Leviticus 16:16KJV

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord.

Leviticus 23:18KJV

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Leviticus 3:3KJV

And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 14:20KJV

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

Exodus 29:39KJV

A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

Numbers 28:29KJV

And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

Numbers 5:10KJV

Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

Leviticus 10:18KJV

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Numbers 29:22KJV

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

Exodus 29:31KJV

And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Exodus 27:1KJV

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Nehemiah 13:11KJV

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

Numbers 31:33KJV

And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

Numbers 6:20KJV

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

Numbers 7:69KJV

And he shall offer his offering unto the Lord, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

Numbers 6:14KJV

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Deuteronomy 12:24KJV

When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 4:14KJV

All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

Numbers 15:13KJV

But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

Leviticus 22:20KJV

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

Leviticus 4:15KJV

And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.

Leviticus 11:37KJV

For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:33KJV

Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

Ezra 1:10KJV

And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:27KJV

And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 1:5KJV

And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

Leviticus 1:8KJV

One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

Numbers 29:11KJV

And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

Numbers 15:27KJV

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

Exodus 31:9KJV

Stand in the gate of the Lord’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:2KJV

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.

Leviticus 16:33KJV

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a trespass offering.

Leviticus 7:5KJV

And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

1 Samuel 2:13KJV

And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:30KJV

That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.

Exodus 13:12KJV

And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:

Leviticus 14:25KJV

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:10KJV

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 7:71KJV

And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.

Leviticus 9:13KJV

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

1 Kings 8:54KJV

So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.

1 Kings 6:33KJV

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

Exodus 12:9KJV

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Numbers 19:6KJV

A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

Numbers 28:21KJV

And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.

Exodus 10:25KJV

Through the tapestry of verses explored, the profound significance of temple worship in the biblical narrative becomes evident. From the meticulous instructions for the Tabernacle to the grandeur of Solomon's Temple and the prophetic visions of a future, restored Temple, these passages reveal a longing for sacred space dedicated to communion with God. They underscore the importance of sacrifice, obedience, and the pursuit of holiness in approaching the divine. Reflecting on these verses invites us to consider the modern-day "temples" in our lives – our bodies, our churches, our hearts – and how we cultivate a space for God's presence within them. May these ancient words inspire us to approach worship with reverence, humility, and a genuine desire to encounter the living God, recognizing that true worship transcends physical structures and resides in the spirit and truth of our devotion.