Leviticus 22:1

And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

2Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, That they hold sacredly aloof from the holy things of the sons of Israel, so as not to profane my holy name,—in the things which they are hallowing unto me—I, am Yahweh.

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Cross References

Leviticus 5:15Whensoever, any person, shall commit a trespass, and shall take away by mistake, from the holy things of Yahweh, then shall he bring in as his guilt-bearer unto Yahweh, a ram without defect out of the flock, with thine estimate in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt-bearer:

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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