Leviticus 21:6
“‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the LORD’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.
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- Lev 18:21 : 21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!
- Lev 3:11 : 11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the LORD.
- Lev 10:3 : 3 Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.
- Exod 28:36 : 36 “You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved:“Holiness to the LORD.”
- Exod 29:44 : 44 “So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.
- Lev 19:12 : 12 You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Lev 21:8 : 8 You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.
- Ezra 8:28 : 28 Then I said to them,“You are holy to the LORD, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
- Isa 52:11 : 11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!
- Ezek 44:7 : 7 When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it– even my house– when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.
- Mal 1:6-7 : 6 The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’ 7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask,‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table of the LORD as if it is of no importance!
- Mal 1:11-12 : 11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 12 “But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.
- 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
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- Lev 21:7-82 verses85%
7They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you all, am holy.
- Lev 22:15-173 verses84%
15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,
16and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Lev 21:4-52 verses82%
4He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.
5Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
- Lev 21:21-233 verses80%
21No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.
22He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,
23but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
- Lev 22:9-102 verses78%
9They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
10“‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
- Lev 6:17-193 verses77%
17It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
18Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion throughout your generations from the gifts of the LORD. Anyone who touches these gifts must be holy.’”
19The Grain Offering of the Priests Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
- Lev 21:15-162 verses77%
15He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”
16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:
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32You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
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2“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the LORD.
- Num 6:6-83 verses77%
6“‘All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he must not contact a dead body.
7He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head.
8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.
- Lev 22:25-262 verses75%
25Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.’”
26The LORD spoke to Moses:
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7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Num 18:9-102 verses75%
9Of all the most holy offerings reserved from the fire this will be yours: Every offering of theirs, whether from every grain offering or from every purification offering or from every reparation offering which they bring to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons.
10You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you.
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29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.
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12He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
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26You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
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2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Exod 29:33-342 verses74%
33They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.
34If any of the meat from the consecration offerings or any of the bread is left over until morning, then you are to burn up what is left over. It must not be eaten, because it is holy.
- Lev 17:7-82 verses74%
7So they must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, acting like prostitutes by going after them. This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.
8“You are to say to them:‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
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6Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
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13They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed.
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16“‘Then the priest must present all these before the LORD and offer his purification offering and his burnt offering.
- Lev 6:22-232 verses73%
22The high priest who succeeds him from among his sons must do it. It is a perpetual statute; it must be offered up in smoke as a whole offering to the LORD.
23Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten.”
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9It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion from the gifts of the LORD.
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9Redemption of Vowed Animals“‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy.
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3The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons– it is most holy from the gifts of the LORD.
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10The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons– it is most holy from the gifts of the LORD.
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31“You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.
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37“‘These are the appointed times of the LORD that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the LORD– burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings, each day according to its regulation,
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20“‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.
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31You are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering– they must be unblemished.
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29Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
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23Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean.