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Leviticus 22
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Leviticus 22 . 1 , The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things; Leviticus 22 . 6 , How they shall be cleansed; Leviticus 22 . 10 , Who of the priest’s house may eat of the holy things; Leviticus 22 . 17 , The sacrifices must be without blemish; Leviticus 22 . 26 , The age of the sacrifice; Leviticus 22 . 29 , The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Leviticus 22:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 22:1 · BSB
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Leviticus 5:15 in the
Leviticus 22:2
“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:2 · BSB
that they profane not5 parallels
This is the very ground of the prohibition , that they might preserve in their minds a holy reverence for the Divine Majesty. Hence when they approached unto him , they must be free from every legal impurity. If great men are to be approached with respect , how much more must Jehovah be approached with holy reverence!
hallow4 parallels
Reciprocal7 parallels
- Numbers 5:9 offering
- Numbers 18:11 every one
- Ezra 2:63 should not
- Ezra 8:28 the vessels
- Isaiah 52:11 be
- Ezekiel 22:26 profaned
- Ezekiel 44:8 ye have not
Leviticus 22:3
Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:3 · BSB
having his uncleanness upon him2 parallels
That is , in other words , "when he is unclean."
Reciprocal10 parallels
- Leviticus 6:18 every one
- Leviticus 22:2 General
- Numbers 5:9 offering
- Numbers 18:11 every one
- Numbers 19:13 his uncleanness
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 though he be not
- Ezra 2:63 should not
- Ezra 8:28 the vessels
- Ezekiel 14:8 I will cut
- Galatians 5:12 cut
that soul That is , according to some , thrust out of the priest's office , or from officiating at the altar; or , according to others , cut off by some immediate stroke of divine justice , like Nadab and Abihu.
Leviticus 22:4
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Leviticus 22:4 · BSB
a leper3 parallels
holy things6 parallels
until2 parallels
unclean2 parallels
whose1 parallel
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Leviticus 5:3 the uncleanness
- Leviticus 7:21 the uncleanness
- Ezekiel 44:25 General
the seed These words include the daughters as well as the sons of Aaron.
Leviticus 22:5
or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
Leviticus 22:5 · BSB
whosoever3 parallels
or a man2 parallels
Leviticus 22:6
the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
Leviticus 22:6 · BSB
the whole verse8 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Leviticus 14:46 shall be unclean
- Deuteronomy 23:11 wash himself
- Hebrews 9:10 divers
Leviticus 22:7
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
Leviticus 22:7 · BSB
Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:8 · BSB
the whole verse4 parallels
Reciprocal5 parallels
- Genesis 9:3 Every
- Genesis 31:39 torn of
- Leviticus 7:24 beast
- Leviticus 11:40 eateth
- Malachi 1:13 torn
Leviticus 22:9
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Leviticus 22:9 · BSB
bear sin for it6 parallels
That is , be punished if he break it
Reciprocal9 parallels
- Exodus 28:38 bear the iniquity
- Exodus 29:44 sanctify also
- Leviticus 10:3 I will be
- Leviticus 22:15 General
- Leviticus 22:16 for I
- Numbers 9:13 bear his sin
- Numbers 18:1 shall bear
- Hebrews 9:1 had
- 1 Peter 2:24 his own self
Leviticus 22:10
No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
Leviticus 22:10 · BSB
the whole verse2 parallels
The word zar , a stranger , does not mean one of another nation , a foreigner , which is expressed by hechar , but one who is not of the seed of Aaron , or does not belong to his family
Reciprocal8 parallels
- Exodus 12:43 There shall
- Exodus 12:45 General
- Exodus 29:33 a stranger
- Leviticus 21:22 and of the holy
- Numbers 1:51 the stranger
- Numbers 16:40 that no
- Ezra 2:63 should not
- Proverbs 20:25 a snare
Leviticus 22:11
But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
Leviticus 22:11 · BSB
Leviticus 22:12
If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
Leviticus 22:12 · BSB
a stranger2 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Genesis 2:24 cleave
a stranger Heb. a man
Leviticus 22:13
But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
Leviticus 22:13 · BSB
returned unto her father's house1 parallel
A widow in Bengal not unfrequently returns to her father's house on the death of her husband . the union between her and her own family is never so dissolved as among European nations
as in her2 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Genesis 2:24 cleave
- Exodus 21:9 betrothed her unto
- Deuteronomy 24:2 she may go
Leviticus 22:14
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
Leviticus 22:14 · BSB
the whole verse3 parallels
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Leviticus 5:16 make
- Ezra 2:63 should not
Leviticus 22:15
The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
Leviticus 22:15 · BSB
the whole verse4 parallels
Leviticus 22:16
by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
Leviticus 22:16 · BSB
the whole verse5 parallels
suffer them to bear the iniquity of the trespass , or , lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating , bear
for I2 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Exodus 29:44 sanctify also
- Leviticus 10:17 to bear
- Leviticus 22:32 hallow you
Leviticus 22:18
"Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
Leviticus 22:18 · BSB
Whatsoever4 parallels
of the strangers1 parallel
vows17 parallels
freewill4 parallels
Reciprocal4 parallels
- Leviticus 7:11 General
- Deuteronomy 12:26 thy vows
- 2 Chronicles 31:14 the freewill
- Amos 4:5 proclaim
Leviticus 22:19
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
Leviticus 22:19 · BSB
the whole verse18 parallels
Reciprocal6 parallels
- Leviticus 1:2 If any
- Leviticus 3:1 a sacrifice
- Leviticus 3:12 a goat
- Leviticus 19:5 ye shall
- Malachi 1:8 if ye offer the blind
- Malachi 1:13 torn
Leviticus 22:20
You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
Leviticus 22:20 · BSB
the whole verse6 parallels
Reciprocal8 parallels
- Exodus 29:1 without
- Leviticus 21:17 blemish
- Leviticus 22:22 Blind
- Leviticus 22:24 broken
- Numbers 19:2 no blemish
- Numbers 28:19 they shall
- Ezekiel 45:18 without blemish
- Hebrews 9:14 without
Leviticus 22:21
When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
Leviticus 22:21 · BSB
peace3 parallels
to accomplish9 parallels
Reciprocal5 parallels
- Leviticus 1:3 his own
- Leviticus 1:4 be accepted
- Leviticus 19:5 a sacrifice
- Numbers 19:2 a red heifer
- Numbers 29:39 beside your vows
sheep or , goats
it shall be perfect This law is so founded on the nature of the thing itself , that it has been in force among all nations that sacrificed victims to their deities.
Leviticus 22:22
You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Leviticus 22:22 · BSB
Blind3 parallels
an offering4 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Deuteronomy 23:1 wounded
Leviticus 22:23
You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
Leviticus 22:23 · BSB
superfluous1 parallel
Reciprocal6 parallels
- Leviticus 7:16 a voluntary
- Leviticus 7:18 it shall
- Leviticus 19:5 ye shall
- Leviticus 19:7 it shall
- Numbers 15:3 or in a freewill
- Luke 11:2 Hallowed
lamb or , kid
Leviticus 22:24
You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
Leviticus 22:24 · BSB
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Deuteronomy 15:21 General
Leviticus 22:25
Neither 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.'"
Leviticus 22:25 · BSB
a stranger's3 parallels
the bread7 parallels
because2 parallels
Reciprocal7 parallels
- Leviticus 3:11 the food
- Leviticus 7:18 it shall
- Leviticus 19:7 it shall
- Leviticus 22:20 General
- Leviticus 22:27 seven days
- Numbers 9:14 General
- Ezekiel 44:7 ye have brought
Leviticus 22:27
“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Leviticus 22:27 · BSB
seven days7 parallels
It was necessary for the mother's health that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time , the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Besides this , it may justly be asserted , that the flesh of very young animals is comparatively innutritive. There is something brutish in eating the young of beast or fowl , before the hair and hoofs are perfect in the one , and feathers and claws in the other; and before this period , their flesh is not good for food , consequently they were not fit for sacrifice , which is termed the bread or food of God
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Exodus 28:38 accepted
- Leviticus 1:4 be accepted
- Leviticus 9:1 the eighth day
Leviticus 22:28
But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
Leviticus 22:28 · BSB
ye shall not kill it5 parallels
This law was certainly intended to inculcate mercy and tenderness of heart; and so the Jews have understood it
ewe or , she goat
Leviticus 22:29
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
Leviticus 22:29 · BSB
the whole verse7 parallels
Reciprocal3 parallels
- Leviticus 2:14 a meat offering
- Leviticus 7:16 a voluntary
- Leviticus 19:5 ye shall
Leviticus 22:30
It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:30 · BSB
the whole verse4 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Exodus 12:10 General
Leviticus 22:31
You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:31 · BSB
the whole verse7 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Deuteronomy 4:1 unto the statutes
Leviticus 22:32
You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
Leviticus 22:32 · BSB
the whole verse2 parallels
I will4 parallels
hallow you8 parallels
Reciprocal1 parallel
- Leviticus 25:38 and to be
Leviticus 22:33
who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
Leviticus 22:33 · BSB
the whole verse6 parallels
Reciprocal2 parallels
- Leviticus 26:45 whom I
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 Aaron
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