The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
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The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD;
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- Numbers 18:32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’ ”
- Leviticus 19:8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- Leviticus 22:9 “ ‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 22:26 Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths. So I am profaned among them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 22:15 And they shall not profane the holy…
Lev 22:15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Ver. 15. Profane.] By suffering the holy things to be eaten of strangers.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain 1. The people shall not profane them, by eating…
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1. The people shall not profane them, by eating them. Or,
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2. The priests shall not profane them, i.e. suffer the people to profane them, without censure and punishment. Both come to the same thing; the people shall not do it, nor the priests suffer it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall not profane the holy things of…
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord. By causing or suffering strangers to eat of them; so Jarchi, referring the words to the priests, who should be careful that strangers ate not of sacred things; or by the strangers themselves eating them, whereby they were profaned and used as common things.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord. By causing or suffering strangers to eat of them; so Jarchi, referring the words to the priests, who should be careful that strangers ate not of sacred things; or by the strangers themselves eating them, whereby they were profaned and used as common things.
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Leviticus 22:16
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lev 22:16Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass,.... The punishment of sin: either the strangers:
when they eat their holy things; the holy things belonging to the priests, which they permitting them to do, suffer them to be liable to the punishment incurred thereby, or else the priests themselves; so the Septuagint version renders the word "themselves"; and in like manner Jarchi interprets it; and then the sense may be, according to the Targums of Jonathan and Onkelos, that the priests shall bear the punishment of their sins,"when they shall eat the holy things in uncleanness,''which is what is forbidden them in the former part of the chapter; but this seems to be too remote; rather the former sense is best:
for I the Lord do sanctify them; both the priests, to whom the holy things belong, and the holy things for their use, and the use of their families, and them only.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They - The people shall not profane them, by…
They - The people shall not profane them, by eating them: or the priests shall not profane them, that is, suffer the people to profane them, without censure and punishment.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 22:15. They — The people; shall not profane…
Lev 22:15. They — The people; shall not profane them, by eating them: or the priests shall not profane them, that is, suffer the people to profane them, without censure and punishment.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These verses are rather difficult. Their meaning appears to…
These verses are rather difficult. Their meaning appears to be: “The holy things of the children of Israel which are heaved before Yahweh” (see Lev 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).”
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain They; the common people shall not profane, by touching…
They; the common people shall not profane, by touching them afterwards, or by retaining any part. (Calmet) --- The priests shall answer for the profanation, if it be committed through their neglect. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain they shall not profane the holy things of the…
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 while under any defilement [CALVIN]. According to others, "the children of Israel" is the nominative in the sentence; which thus signifies, the children of Israel shall not profane or defile their offerings, by touching them or reserving any part of them, lest they incur the guilt of eating what is divinely appointed to the priests alone [CALMET].
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) And they shall not profane.—That is, the priests…
(15) And they shall not profane.—That is, the priests are not to desecrate the holy gifts of the Israelites by carelessly exposing them, and by not treating them with that sacred regard which is due to their being the bread of God.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 15, 16. These verses present some difficulties of…
Vers. 15, 16. These verses present some difficulties of construction. The rendering of the Authorized Version is as follows: And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord; or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them. If this rendering is accepted, it would mean that the priests are not to profane the holy things by any irregularity on their part as to the eating of them, nor to suffer laymen to incur the guilt of a trespass by eating them. The marginal rendering, which is to be preferred, gives the passage as follows: And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord; or lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating. According to this translation, the meaning would be that laymen (who had been spoken of in the previous verse) should not profane the holy things, or become guilty of a trespass (as defined in verse 15) by eating them. Technically and literally, David was guilty of this trespass in an aggravated form, when he and his followers ate the shewbread at Nob, (1Sa_21:6) for the shewbread was not only holy, but most holy. But his act is excused by our Lord, on the plea of necessity, (Mat_12:3, Mat_12:4) even though it was done on the sabbath day. (1Sa_21:5, margin)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:15 An Israelite who ate the “most holy” priestly…
22:15 An Israelite who ate the “most holy” priestly portion as if it were common food would defile it.
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