New English Translation
Leviticus 22:15
15They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord,
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 is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it. 14“‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. They 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.’” 17The Lord spoke to Moses:
Read all of Leviticus 22Leviticus 22:15 word by word
וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ אֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יָרִ֖ימוּ לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 22:15
- Leviticus 22:9They 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.
- Leviticus 19:8and 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.
- Numbers 18:32And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
- Ezekiel 22:26Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst.
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
In the dictionaries
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
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