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Leviticus 21:6

They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.

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They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

KJV

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
קְדֹשִׁ֤יםke.do.ShimholyH6918 →
יִהְיוּ֙yih.Yuthey will beH1961 →
לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔םle.Lo.hei.Hemto God theirH430 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יְחַלְּל֔וּye.cha.le.Luthey will profaneH2490 →
שֵׁ֖םshem[the] name ofH8034 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430 →
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִשֵּׁ֨י'i.Shei[the] fire offerings ofH801 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֶ֧חֶםLe.chem[the] food ofH3899 →
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430 →
הֵ֥םhemtheyH1992 →
מַקְרִיבִ֖םmak.ri.Vim[are] presentingH7126 →
וְהָ֥יוּve.Ha.yuand they will beH1961 →
קֹֽדֶשׁ׃Ko.desha holy thingH6944 →

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Leviticus 21:21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.Leviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.Leviticus 18:21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Leviticus 22:25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.Ezra 8:28Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.Malachi 1:6–7“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’Leviticus 19:12You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.Exodus 29:44So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.Exodus 28:36You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it as on a seal: HOLY TO THE LORD.Ezekiel 44:7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.Numbers 28:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.Leviticus 21:17“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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