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Leviticus 22:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’” "

Leviticus 22:16

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14 “‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

18 “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to the LORD for a burnt offering:

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Leviticus 21:8

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"Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy."

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Leviticus 21:15

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"He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”"

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Exodus 19:22

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"Let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break out on them.”"

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Exodus 30:29

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"You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy."

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Leviticus 22:9

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"“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them."

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1 Peter 2:24

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"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds."

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From This Chapter

Leviticus 22:1

"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"

Leviticus 22:2

"“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am the LORD."

Leviticus 22:3

"“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am the LORD."

Leviticus 22:4

"“‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,"

Leviticus 22:5

"or whoever touches any creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—"

Leviticus 22:6

"the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water."

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