Leviticus 22:16
by allowing the people to eat them and in so doing take upon themselves the punishment for guilt. For I am the Lord who makes them holy.”
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In Context
15The priests must not make the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord unclean
Cross References
Leviticus 20:8Keep my rules and put them into practice. I am the Lord who makes you holy.
Leviticus 21:15so that he doesn't make his children unclean among his people, for I am the Lord who makes him holy.”
Leviticus 22:9The priests must do as I demand, so that they don't become guilty and die because they have not done so, treating my requirements with contempt. I am the Lord who makes them holy.
Isaiah 53:11After his suffering, he will see the results and be satisfied. Through his knowledge my servant who does what is right will set many right, and he will bear their sins.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:11-17
10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall… Read the whole commentary →