Leviticus 21:8
And you shall hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy.
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Exodus 19:14And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 29:1And these are the things which you shall do to them: you shall sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and you shall take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;
Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God; and you⌃ shall be sanctified, and you⌃ shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and you⌃ shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.
Leviticus 20:7And you⌃ shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
Leviticus 21:6They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy.
Numbers 28:2Charge the children of Israel, and you shall speak to them, saying, You⌃ shall observe to offer to me in my feasts my gifts, my presents, my burnt offerings for a sweet smelling savor.
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 →