Leviticus 21:8

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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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:6 : 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.
  • John 10:36 : 36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?
  • John 17:19 : 19 And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
  • Exod 19:10 : 10 The LORD said to Moses,“Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
  • Exod 19:14 : 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
  • Exod 28:41 : 41 “You are to clothe them– your brother Aaron and his sons with him– and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.
  • Exod 29:1 : 1 The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons“Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;
  • Exod 29:43-44 : 43 There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory. 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 11:44-45 : 44 for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground, 45 for I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.
  • Lev 19:2 : 2 “Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  • Lev 20:7-8 : 7 Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. 8 You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 21:6-7
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

    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.

  • Lev 21:21-23
    3 verses
    84%

    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 20:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

    8You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Lev 19:2
    80%

    2“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them,‘You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

  • Lev 20:26
    80%

    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.

  • Lev 21:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    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:

  • Lev 22:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    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 22:31-32
    2 verses
    79%

    31“You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the LORD.

    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,

  • Lev 11:44-45
    2 verses
    78%

    44for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

    45for I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.

  • Lev 22:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    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,

  • Exod 30:29
    78%

    29So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

  • Num 18:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • Lev 22:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:

    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.

    3Say to them,‘Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.

  • Num 6:8
    77%

    8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.

  • Lev 19:30
    76%

    30Purity, Honor, Respect, and Honesty“‘You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 6:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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.’”

  • Exod 29:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 1 Pet 1:16
    75%

    16for it is written,“You shall be holy, because I am holy.”

  • Lev 7:6
    75%

    6Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

  • Lev 22:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    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:

  • Lev 22:7
    74%

    7When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food.

  • Lev 21:12
    74%

    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.

  • Lev 26:2
    74%

    2You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 10:13
    74%

    13You must eat it in a holy place because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from the gifts of the LORD, for this is what I have been commanded.

  • Exod 29:27
    74%

    27You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.

  • Exod 31:13
    73%

    13“Tell the Israelites,‘Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Exod 29:31
    73%

    31“You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in a holy place.

  • Lev 17:8
    73%

    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

  • Lev 2:8
    73%

    8“‘You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the LORD. Present it to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar.

  • Exod 29:37
    73%

    37For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.

  • Lev 27:9
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 19:8
    73%

    8and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person will be cut off from his people.

  • Num 8:14
    73%

    14And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

  • Lev 6:29
    73%

    29Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.