Deuteronomy 16:11
16:11 You shall rejoice before him
– you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages,
the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the
Lord chooses to locate his name.
Leviticus 7:20
7:20 The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the
Lord while his uncleanness persists
will be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 21:1
Rules for the Priests
21:1 The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron – say to them, ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,
Leviticus 21:11
21:11 He must not go where there is any dead person;
he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
Hosea 9:4
9:4 They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord;
they will not please him with their sacrifices.
Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning;
all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean.
For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite;
it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
Malachi 2:13
2:13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.