Leviticus 21:6
They must be holy to their God and not disgrace their God's reputation. They are the ones who present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God. Consequently they must be holy.
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Exodus 28:36Make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it like a seal, “Holy to the Lord.”
Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn this on the altar as a food offering, a food offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 18:21Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech, for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:3I will disown them and expel them from their people, because by sacrificing their children to Molech they have polluted my sanctuary and disgraced my reputation.
Leviticus 21:23but because he has a defect, he is not allowed to go near the curtain or the altar, so that my sanctuary and everything in it are not made unclean, because I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
Numbers 28:2“Give the following regulations to the Israelites: You are to present to me at the appropriate times my food offerings for me to accept.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →