Leviticus 21:6
and thei schulen not defoule his name; for thei offren encense of the Lord, and the looues of her God, and therfore thei schulen be hooli.
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Exodus 28:36And thou schalt make a plate of pureste gold, in which thou schalt graue bi the werk of a grauere, the holi + 28:36 the hooli of the Lord, that is, the name of the Lord, Tetragramaton. to the Lord + 28:36 the tragramaton.
Leviticus 3:11And the preest schal brenne tho on the auter, in to the fedyng of fier, and of the offryng to the Lord.
Leviticus 18:21Thou schalt not yyue of thi seed, that it be offrid to the idol Moloch, nether thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:3And Y schal sette faste my face ayens hym, and Y schal kitte awei him fro the myddis of my puple, for he yaf of his seed to Moloch, and defoulide my seyntuarie, and defoulide myn hooli name.
Leviticus 21:23so oneli that he entre not with ynne the veil; he schal not neiye to the auter, for he hath a wem, and he schal not defoule my seyntuarie; Y am the Lord that halewe hem.
Numbers 28:2Offre ye bi her tymes myn offryng, and looues, and encense of swettist odour.
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 →