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.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctifies them."
• 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.’ ”

Context of Leviticus 22:16

14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. 15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD which sanctify them. 17And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

Leviticus 22:16 word by word

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

• soנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• causeאַשְׁמָה'ashmâh · guiltinessH819
• bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• guiltעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:16

• Leviticus 7:18And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
• Psalms 38:4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
• Isaiah 53:11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: and he shall bear their iniquities.
• 1 Peter 2:24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.
• Leviticus 22:9They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the LORD which sanctify them.
• Leviticus 20:8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify 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

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• 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