Leviticus 21:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish `is' in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

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  • Lev 21:12 : 12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God `is' on him; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Ezek 44:9-9 : 9 `Thus said the Lord Jehovah: No son of a stranger, uncircumcised of heart, and uncircumcised of flesh, cometh in unto My sanctuary, even any son of a stranger, who `is' in the midst of the sons of Israel, 10 but -- the Levites who have gone far off from me, in the wandering of Israel when they went astray from Me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity. 11 And they have been in My sanctuary ministrants, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministrants at the house; they slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they stand before them to serve them. 12 Because that they serve them before their idols, and have been to the house of Israel for a stumbling-block of iniquity, therefore I have lifted up my hand against them -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah -- and they have borne their iniquity. 13 And they draw not nigh unto Me to act as My priest, and to draw nigh unto any of My holy things, unto the holy of holies, and they have borne their shame and their abominations that they have done, 14 and I made them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.
  • Exod 30:6-8 : 6 and thou hast put it before the vail, which `is' by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat which `is' over the testimony, whither I am met with thee. 7 `And Aaron hath made perfume on it, perfume of spices, morning by morning; in his making the lamps right he doth perfume it, 8 and in Aaron's causing the lamps to go up between the evenings, he doth perfume it; a continual perfume before Jehovah to your generations.
  • Exod 40:26-27 : 26 And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail, 27 and maketh perfume on it -- spice-perfume -- as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
  • Lev 15:31 : 31 `And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which `is' in their midst.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:20-22
    3 verses
    83%

    20 or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

    21 `No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish `is' in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

    22 `Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;

  • Lev 21:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    15 and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

    16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    17 `Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

    18 for no man in whom `is' blemish doth draw near -- a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

  • Lev 21:11-12
    2 verses
    80%

    11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

    12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God `is' on him; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 22:1-4
    4 verses
    80%

    1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    2 `Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and they are separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they pollute not My holy name in what they are hallowing to Me; I `am' Jehovah.

    3 `Say unto them, To your generations, any man who draweth near, out of all your seed, unto the holy things which the sons of Israel do sanctify to Jehovah, and his uncleanness on him -- even that person hath been cut off from before Me; I `am' Jehovah.

    4 `Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue -- of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,

  • Lev 21:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6 they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

    7 `A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he `is' holy to his God;

    8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy `am' I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

  • Lev 22:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15 and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,

    16 nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

    17 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 4:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19 but this do to them, and they have lived, and do not die in their drawing nigh the holy of holies: -- Aaron and his sons go in, and have set them, each man to his service, and unto his burden,

    20 and they go not in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, that they have died.'

  • Lev 16:23
    76%

    23 and Aaron hath come in unto the tent of meeting, and hath stripped off the linen garments which he had put on in his going in unto the sanctuary, and hath placed them there;

  • Lev 22:9
    76%

    9 `And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I `am' Jehovah sanctifying them.

  • Lev 16:17
    76%

    17 `And no man is in the tent of meeting in his going in to make atonement in the sanctuary, till his coming out; and he hath made atonement for himself, and for his house, and for all the assembly of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    76%

    6 `And none doth enter the house of Jehovah except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they `are' holy), and all the people keep the watch of Jehovah:

  • Ezek 44:13
    76%

    13 And they draw not nigh unto Me to act as My priest, and to draw nigh unto any of My holy things, unto the holy of holies, and they have borne their shame and their abominations that they have done,

  • Exod 30:20
    75%

    20 in their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash `with' water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,

  • Lev 16:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 yea, Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto Aaron thy brother, and he cometh not in at all times unto the sanctuary within the vail, unto the front of the mercy-seat, which `is' upon the ark, and he dieth not, for in a cloud I am seen upon the mercy-seat.

    3 `With this doth Aaron come in unto the sanctuary; with a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering;

  • Lev 21:24
    75%

    24 And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.

  • Exod 19:22
    75%

    22 and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.'

  • Num 18:22
    75%

    22 `And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,

  • Lev 21:1
    75%

    1 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For `any' person `a priest' is not defiled among his people,

  • Lev 22:20
    75%

    20 nothing in which `is' blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you.

  • Lev 22:32
    74%

    32 and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying you,

  • Lev 15:31
    74%

    31 `And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which `is' in their midst.

  • Exod 30:29
    74%

    29 and thou hast sanctified them, and they have been most holy; all that is coming against them is holy;

  • Ezek 44:27
    74%

    27 And in the day of his coming in unto the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he bringeth near his sin-offering -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • Lev 21:4
    74%

    4 `A master `priest' doth not defile himself among his people -- to pollute himself;

  • Num 18:3
    74%

    3 `And they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or you;

  • Lev 22:25
    73%

    25 And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption `is' in them; blemish `is' in them; they are not pleasing for you.'

  • Lev 22:7
    73%

    7 and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it `is' his food;

  • Ezek 42:14
    73%

    14 In the priests' going in, they come not out from the sanctuary unto the outer court, and there they place their garments with which they minister, for they `are' holy, and have put on other garments, and have drawn near unto that which `is' for the people.'

  • Num 19:20
    73%

    20 `And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled; water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he `is' unclean.

  • Exod 28:35
    73%

    35 `And it hath been on Aaron to minister in, and its sound hath been heard in his coming in unto the sanctuary before Jehovah, and in his going out, and he doth not die.

  • Exod 29:33
    73%

    33 and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger doth not eat -- for they `are' holy;

  • Exod 29:37
    73%

    37 seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.

  • Lev 20:7
    73%

    7 `And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' Jehovah your God;

  • Lev 16:19
    73%

    19 and he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

  • Exod 29:44
    73%

    44 `And I have sanctified the tent of meeting, and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I sanctify for being priests to Me,