Leviticus 22:1

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they keep themselves away from the holy things of the children of Israel, [so that they profane not my holy name] which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:15If any person commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, against the holy things of the Lord: then shall he bring as his trespass-offering unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, in value of two shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:1

In this chapter we have divers laws concerning the priests and sacrifices all for the preserving of the honour of the sanctuary. I. That the priests should not eat the holy things in their uncleanness, ver. 1-9 . II. That no stranger who did not belong to some family of the priests should eat of the holy things ( ver. 10-13 ), and, if he did it unwittingly, he must make restitution,, ver. 14-16 . III. That the sacrifices which were offered must be without blemish, ver. 17-25 . IV. That they must be more than eight… Read the whole commentary →

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