Leviticus 22:3
Say 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.
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 7:20-21 : 20 The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people. 21 When a person touches anything unclean(whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD, that person will be cut off from his people.’”
- Num 19:13 : 13 Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.
- Ps 16:11 : 11 You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
- Ps 51:11 : 11 Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!
- Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
- 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
- Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15 And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.
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- Lev 22:4-74 verses83%
4No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,
5or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person’s impurity–
6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.
7When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food.
- Lev 22:1-22 verses83%
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.
- Lev 7:19-224 verses80%
19The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat.
20The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people.
21When a person touches anything unclean(whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD, that person will be cut off from his people.’”
22Sacrificial Instructions for the Common People: Fat and Blood Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
- Lev 18:29-302 verses79%
29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.
30You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”
- Lev 21:15-173 verses78%
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:
17“Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.
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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.’”
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31Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges“‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.
- Num 19:11-133 verses78%
11Purification from Uncleanness“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
12He must purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, then he will not be clean.
13Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.
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20But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.
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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.
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1Rules for the Priests The LORD said to Moses:“Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them,‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people,
- Lev 17:8-92 verses75%
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
9but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the LORD– that person will be cut off from his people.
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7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- Lev 22:15-173 verses74%
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:
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25If anyone eats fat from the animal from which he presents a gift to the LORD, that person will be cut off from his people.
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11He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother.
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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.
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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.’”
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33Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.’”
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3I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.
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22And whatever the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.’”
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2“Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse.
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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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9This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary.
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7When 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.
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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.
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10“Tell the Israelites,‘If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the LORD.
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8All the days of his separation he must be holy to the LORD.
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34Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the LORD live among the Israelites.”
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22No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.
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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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15Regulations for Eating Carcasses“‘Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a resident foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.