Leviticus 22:9

Leviticus 22:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the Lord sanctify them.

Context of Leviticus 22:9

7When the sun goes down, he will be clean. He can eat the holy gifts. They are his food. 8He might find something that is dead. He must not eat it. He must not eat anything that an animal has torn. It will make him unclean. I am the Lord. Aaron's sons must obey God's rules. If they do not obey them, it is a sin. They will die. I am the Lord who makes people holy. 10Only a person who is from the priest's family can eat the holy gifts. Another person who is living in the priest's house must not eat the holy gifts. If a person is being paid to work for the priest, he must not eat the holy gifts. 11A slave can eat the holy gifts if he was born in the priest's house. Or he can eat the holy gifts if the priest bought him.

Leviticus 22:9 word by word

וְשָׁמְר֣וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא וּמֵ֥תוּ ב֖וֹ כִּ֣י יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall therefore keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• mine ordinanceמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• lest they bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• sinחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• for it, and dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• therefore, if they profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• it: I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• do sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:9

• Leviticus 10:1Nadab and Abihu were sons of Aaron. They put hot material in the pots that they used to burn incense. They threw incense over the hot material. They offered the incense to the Lord. This was a wrong thing to do. The Lord had not told them that they should do it. So it was wrong.
• Leviticus 16:2The Most Holy Place in the Tent of Meeting is behind the curtain. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Your brother Aaron cannot go behind the curtain at any time that he wants to. Tell him that. The Lord appears in a cloud over the lid of the Covenant Box. So Aaron will die if he does not obey the Lord.
• Exodus 28:43Aaron and his sons must wear them when they go into the Tent of Meeting. They must also wear them when they go near to the altar to serve me in the Holy Place. Then they will not be guilty. I will not punish them with death. This will always be a rule for Aaron and his descendants.
• Numbers 18:22The other Israelites must not come near the Tent of Meeting again. If they do come near it, they will be guilty and then they will die.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9die because they profane it (see Leviticus 10:1–3): The temptation to make improper offerings continued throughout Israel's history until after the exile in Babylon (Malachi 1:6–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-92. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things--"To separate" means, in the language of the Mosaic ritual, "to abstain"; and therefore the import of this injunction is that the priests should abstain from eating that part of the sacrifices which, though belonging to their order, was to be partaken of only by such of them as were free from legal impurities. that they profane not my holy name in those things which…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 22:9

• Priest
• Sanctification

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• Defile
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Imputation
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Ordinance
• Pentateuch

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