Leviticus 21:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.

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  • Lev 21:12 : 12 Neither shall he goe out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crowne of the anoynting oyle of his God is vpon him: I am the Lorde.
  • Ezek 44:9-9 : 9 Thus saieth the Lord God, No stranger vncircumcised in heart, nor vncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my Sanctuarie, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel, 10 Neither yet ye Leuites that are gone backe from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray from thee after their idoles, but they shal beare their iniquitie. 11 And they shall serue in my Sanctuarie, and keepe the gates of the House, and minister in the House: they shall slay the burnt offring and the sacrifice for the people: and they shall stand before them to serue them. 12 Because they serued before their idoles, & caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquitie, therfore haue I lift vp mine had against the, saith the Lord God, and they shal beare their iniquity, 13 And they shal not come neere vnto me to do ye office of ye Priest vnto me, neyther shal they come neere vnto any of mine holy things in the most holy place, but they shall beare their shame & their abominatios, which they haue comitted. 14 And I will make them keepers of ye watch of the House, for all the seruice thereof, and for all that shalbe done therein.
  • Exod 30:6-8 : 6 After thou shalt set it before the vaile, that is neere the Arke of Testimonie, before the Merciseate that is vpon the Testimonie, where I will appoynt with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burne thereon sweete incense euery morning: when hee dresseth the lampes thereof, shall he burne it. 8 Likewise at eue, when Aaron setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shall burne incense: this perfume shalbe perpetually before ye Lord, throughout your generations.
  • Exod 40:26-27 : 26 Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle, 27 And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
  • Lev 15:31 : 31 Thus shal yee separate the children of Israel from their vncleannes, that they dye not in their vncleannesse, if they defile my Tabernacle that is among them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:20-22
    3 verses
    83%

    20Or is crooke backt, or bleare eyed, or hath a blemish in his eye, or be skiruie, or skabbed, or haue his stones broken.

    21None of the seede of Aaron the Priest that hath a blemish, shall come neere to offer the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, hauing a blemish: he shall not prease to offer the bread of his God.

    22The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate:

  • Lev 21:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lorde which sanctifie him.

    16And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    17Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God:

    18For whosoeuer hath any blemish, shall not come neere: as a man blinde or lame, or that hath a flat nose, or that hath any misshapen member,

  • Lev 21:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother,

    12Neither shall he goe out of the Sanctuarie, nor pollute the holy place of his God: for the crowne of the anoynting oyle of his God is vpon him: I am the Lorde.

  • Lev 22:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    2Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, that they be separated from the holy thinges of the children of Israel, and that they pollute not mine holy name in those things, which they hallowe vnto me: I am the Lorde.

    3Say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be of all your seede among your generations after you, that toucheth the holy things which the children of Israel hallowe vnto the Lord, hauing his vncleannesse vpon him, euen that person shall be cut off from my sight: I am the Lorde.

    4Whosoeuer also of the seede of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue, he shall not eate of the holy things vntill he be cleane: and who so toucheth any that is vncleane, by reason of the dead, or a man whose issue of seede runneth from him,

  • Lev 21:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie.

    7They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.

    8Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lorde, which sanctifie you, am holy.

  • Lev 22:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord,

    16Neither cause the people to beare the iniquitie of their trespas, while they eate their holy thing: for I the Lorde do halowe them.

    17And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Num 4:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19But thus do vnto them, that they may liue and not die, when they come neere to the most holy things: let Aaron and his sonnes come and appoynt them, euery one to his office, and to his charge.

    20But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

  • Lev 16:23
    76%

    23After, Aaron shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and put off the linnen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leaue them there.

  • Lev 22:9
    76%

    9Let them keepe therefore mine ordinance, least they beare their sinne for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them.

  • Lev 16:17
    76%

    17And there shalbe no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the Holy place, vntill hee come out, and haue made an atonement for himselfe, and for his housholde, and for all the Congregation of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    76%

    6But let none come into the house of the Lord, saue the Priests, & the Leuites that minister: they shal go in, for they are holy: but all the people shal keepe the watch of the Lord.

  • Ezek 44:13
    76%

    13And they shal not come neere vnto me to do ye office of ye Priest vnto me, neyther shal they come neere vnto any of mine holy things in the most holy place, but they shall beare their shame & their abominatios, which they haue comitted.

  • Exod 30:20
    75%

    20When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they goe vnto the Altar to minister and to make the perfume of ye burnt offring to the Lorde, they shall wash themselues with water, lest they die.

  • Lev 16:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Speake vnto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the Holy place within the vayle, before the Merciseate, which is vpon the Arke, that he dye not: for I wil appeare in the cloude vpon the Merciseate.

    3After this sort shall Aaron come into the Holy place: euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring.

  • Lev 21:24
    75%

    24Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel.

  • Exod 19:22
    75%

    22And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them.

  • Num 18:22
    75%

    22Neyther shal the children of Israel any more come neere the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they susteine sinne, and die.

  • Lev 21:1
    75%

    1And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Speake vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron, and say vnto them, Let none be defiled by the dead among his people,

  • Lev 22:20
    75%

    20Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish: for that shal not be acceptable for you.

  • Lev 22:32
    74%

    32Neither shal ye pollute mine holy Name, but I will be halowed among the children of Israel. I the Lord sanctifie you,

  • Lev 15:31
    74%

    31Thus shal yee separate the children of Israel from their vncleannes, that they dye not in their vncleannesse, if they defile my Tabernacle that is among them.

  • Exod 30:29
    74%

    29So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy.

  • Ezek 44:27
    74%

    27And when he goeth into ye Sanctuarie vnto the inner court to minister in the Sanctuarie, he shall offer his sinne offring, saith ye Lord God.

  • Lev 21:4
    74%

    4He shall not lament for the Prince among his people, to pollute him selfe.

  • Num 18:3
    74%

    3And they shal keepe thy charge, euen the charge of all the Tabernacle: but they shall not come neere the instruments of the Sanctuary, nor to the altar, lest they die, both they and you:

  • Lev 22:25
    73%

    25Neither of ye hand of a strager shal ye offer ye bread of your God of any of these, because their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them: therefore shall they not be accepted for you.

  • Lev 22:7
    73%

    7But when the Sunne is downe, hee shalbe cleane, & shall afterward eate of the holy things: for it is his foode.

  • Ezek 42:14
    73%

    14When the Priestes enter therein, they shall not go out of the holy place into the vtter court, but there they shall lay their garmentes wherein they minister: for they are holy, and shall put on other garmentes, and so shall approch to those things, which are for the people.

  • Num 19:20
    73%

    20But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that person shalbe cut off fro among the Congregation, because hee hath defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lorde: and the sprinkling water hath not bene sprinkled vpon him: therefore shall he be vncleane.

  • Exod 28:35
    73%

    35So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye.

  • Exod 29:33
    73%

    33So they shall eate these thinges, whereby their attonement was made, to consecrate them, and to sanctifie them: but a stranger shall not eate thereof, because they are holy things.

  • Exod 29:37
    73%

    37Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.

  • Lev 20:7
    73%

    7Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God.

  • Lev 16:19
    73%

    19So shal hee sprinkle of the blood vpon it with his finger seuen times, & clense it, & halowe it from the vncleannes of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 29:44
    73%

    44And I will sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the altar: I will sanctifie also Aaron & his sonnes to be my Priests,