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Leviticus 22:15

Israel

13 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

14 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.

The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD

16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

17 Then the LORD said to Moses,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
KJV
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
WEB
The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,
ASV
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,
DARBY
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah,
BLB
And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they offer to YHWH,
ÅB
Prestene skal ikke vanhellige de hellige gaver som Israels barn ofrer til Herren,
OTB
Prestene må sørge for at de hellige offergavene som israelittene presenterer for Herren blir behandlet med respekt
B1930
Prestene skal ikke vanhellige de hellige gaver som Israels barn ofrer til Herren,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 18:32

    Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

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  • Leviticus 19:8

    Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.

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  • Leviticus 22:9

    The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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  • Ezekiel 22:26

    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

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