Leviticus 21:8

+ 21:8. Lev 21:8 (#2b.145): T. To set apart and honor the descendants of Aaron [Light-bringer] with priority in all things holy / R. To dedicate the Cohen ·Priest· for service You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I Adonai, who sanctify you, am holy.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

In Context

7+ 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.461): T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a harlot or a prostitute / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not marry a zonah ·a woman who had forbidden relations· “‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, + 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.462): T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a prostitute / T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a chalalah ·pierced, fatally wounded, profaned· woman / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not marry a chalalah ·an illegitimate child·; a party to or product of OU463 - OU466 found in (Lev 21:14, 21:15, 21:13, 21:7) who has been profaned. + 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.463): A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a divorced woman They shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

9“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:14Moses [Drawn out] went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 29:1“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

Leviticus 11:44For I am Adonai your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. + 11:44. Lev 11:44 (Lev 11:43-45, 11:44-45) (#3.210): T. Not to eat things that swarm upon the ground / R. Not to eat treif ·unclean· maggots R. Note: According to the Rabbis only certain “worms” are permitted for food. Worms that do not live in an isolated condition, but are found only in other substances. For instance, the maggots in meat, fruit, fish, drinking water, etc. (HuLev 67a, b) You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

Leviticus 20:7“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh M’Kaddesh [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes you holy]. (RY:7, LY:6)

Leviticus 21:6They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Adonai made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

Numbers 28:2“Enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails], and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.’

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 →

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