Leviticus 22:16

Leviticus 22:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
• New International Version (NIV)by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.’ ”
• New King James Version (NKJV)or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy offerings; for I the Lord sanctify them.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the Lord who makes them holy.”

Context of Leviticus 22:16

14And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest. 15They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord, and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctifies them." 17And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18"Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the Lord,

Leviticus 22:16 word by word

וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ אוֹתָם֙ עֲוֹ֣ן אַשְׁמָ֔ה בְּאָכְלָ֖ם אֶת־קָדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Or suffer them to bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• the iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• of trespassאַשְׁמָה'ashmâh · guiltinessH819
• when they eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• their holy thingsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• for I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• do sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:16

• Leviticus 7:18If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten on the third day, he who offers it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be credited to him. It is tainted, and he who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
• Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
• Isaiah 53:11Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
• 1 Peter 2:24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
• Leviticus 22:9They 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.
• Leviticus 20:8Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-16Like the rules for the guilt offering, a common person who accidentally ate the priestly portion had to repay 120 percent (see Leviticus 5:14–16). Yet, they did not need to offer a ram in this case.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

Topics related to Leviticus 22:16

• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Defile
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Sanctuary
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Septuagint

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