Leviticus Chapter 22 verse 15 Holy Bible
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,
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And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,
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And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah,
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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 offer to the LORD;
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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 do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 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 (1 Samuel 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 (Matthew 12:3, 4), even though it was done on the sabbath day (1 Samuel 21:5, margin).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
