Leviticus 22:15

Leviticus 22:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;
• New International Version (NIV)The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the Lord
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord,
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,

Context of Leviticus 22:15

13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it. 14If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD 16by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” 17Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 22:15 word by word

וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ אֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יָרִ֖ימוּ לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• The priests must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the sacred offeringsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• the Israelitesבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• the Israelitesיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• presentרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• to the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:15

• Leviticus 22:9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
• Leviticus 19:8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
• Numbers 18:32Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
• Ezekiel 22:26Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15These verses are rather difficult. Their meaning appears to be: “The holy things of the children of Israel which are heaved before Yahweh” (see Leviticus 7:30) “shall not be profaned; and they shall incur a sin of trespass who eat of their holy things (so as to profane them).”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15An Israelite who ate the “most holy” food meant only for priests as if it were ordinary food would profane it (treat it as unholy).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel--There is some difficulty felt in determining to whom "they" refers. The subject of the preceding context being occupied about the priests, it is supposed by some that this relates to them also; and the meaning then is that the whole people would incur guilt through the fault of the priests, if they should defile the sacred offerings, which they would have done had they presented them…Read the comment

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• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Children of Israel
• Defile
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Leviticus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings