Leviticus 21:8
Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near,—Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I—Yahweh, who am making you holy.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 19:14Then Moses went down out of the mount, unto the people,—and hallowed the people, and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 29:1And, this, is the thing which thou shalt do to them to hallow them, that they may minister as priests unto me,—Take one young bullock and two rams without defect;
Leviticus 11:44For, I—Yahweh, am your God, therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and remain holy; for, holy, am, I,—therefore shall ye not make your persons unclean, with any creeping thing that crawleth upon the earth;
Leviticus 20:7Therefore shall ye hallow yourselves and be holy,—Because I—Yahweh, am your God.
Leviticus 21:6Holy persons, shall they be unto their God, and not profane the name of their God,—for, the altar-flames of Yahweh, the food of their God, do they bring near—Therefore shall they be holy.
Numbers 28:2Command the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—My offering, my food for my altar-flames my satisfying odour, shall ye take heed to offer unto me in its 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 →