Leviticus 22:9

And they shall keep my ordinances, that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if they shall profane them: I am the Lord God that sanctifies them.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

In Context

8He shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he should be polluted by them: I am the Lord.

10And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:1And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,

Leviticus 22:16So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.

Numbers 18:32And ye shall not bear sin by reason of it, + 18:32 Or, because ye shall.for ye shall have offered an offering of first-fruits from it, and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:2-10

Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord . 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off… Read the whole commentary →

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