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

7And when the sun is set, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. 8That which dieth of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD. They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD sanctifieth them. 10There shall no stranger eatof the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11But if the priest shall buy any person with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his food.

Leviticus 22:9 word by word

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

• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• ordinanceמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• sinחֵטְאchêţ' · sinH2399
• dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• sanctifiethקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:9

• Leviticus 10:1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
• Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he may not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
• Exodus 28:43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they enter in to the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever to him and to his seed after him.
• Numbers 18:22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and 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

In the dictionaries

• 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