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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />They shall not profane the holy <i>offerings</i> of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy <i>gifts</i> of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And they shall not profane the holy <i>gifts</i> of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They shall not profane the holy <i>gifts</i> of the sons of Israel which they raise up to Yahweh,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The priests shall not profane the holy things the Israelites offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I warn you not to treat lightly the offerings that are brought by the people of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Priests must not dishonor the holy offerings that the Israelites contribute to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The priests shall not profane the sacred offerings <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They are not to defile the sacred things of the Israelis that they have offered to the LORD, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer to the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they do not defile the holy things of the sons of Israel—that which they lift up to YHWH,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holies of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they shall not contaminate what has been sanctified from the sons of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The priests shall not allow the sacred offerings which the Israelites contribute to the LORD to be profaned<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />No one shall profane the sacred donations of the people of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel shall not profane the holy things which they offer to the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel shall not pollute the holy things that they offer to LORD JEHOVAH;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5867" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Restrictions Against the Unclean</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">The priests must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: yə·ḥal·lə·lū (V-Piel-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">profane</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qā·ḏə·šê (N-mpc) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the sacred offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">that the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: yā·rî·mū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">present</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>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.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Numbers 18:32</a></span><br />Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Numbers 18:11-13</a></span><br />And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. / I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. / The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Deuteronomy 18:3-5</a></span><br />This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. / You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock. / For the LORD your God has chosen Levi and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in His name for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Exodus 29:33</a></span><br />They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-29.htm">Nehemiah 13:29</a></span><br />Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12-13</a></span><br />“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’ / You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-12.htm">1 Samuel 2:12-17</a></span><br />Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD / or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7-9</a></span><br />In 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. / And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a></span><br />Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-7</a></span><br />And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant— / I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a></span><br />Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a></span><br />to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Leviticus 22:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Leviticus 19:8</a></b></br> Therefore <i>every one</i> that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Numbers 18:32</a></b></br> And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Common</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Desecrate</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-19.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Pollute</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Sacred</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Common</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-22.htm">Desecrate</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/6-26.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Pollute</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-21.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Sacred</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-1.htm">The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">How they shall be cleansed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm">The sacrifices must be without blemish</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-26.htm">The age of the sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "profane" indicates treating something holy as common or disrespecting it. In the context of Leviticus, offerings were considered sacred because they were dedicated to God. The priests were responsible for maintaining the sanctity of these offerings, which were a crucial part of the covenant relationship between God and Israel. This requirement underscores the holiness expected of those who serve in God's presence, reflecting the broader biblical theme of holiness found in passages like <a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm">1 Peter 1:16</a>, "Be holy, because I am holy."<p><b>that the Israelites present to the LORD</b><br>The offerings mentioned here were brought by the Israelites as acts of worship and obedience to God. These offerings included sacrifices such as burnt offerings, grain offerings, and peace offerings, each with specific regulations outlined in Leviticus. The phrase "present to the LORD" emphasizes the direct relationship between the Israelites and God, facilitated by the priests. This act of presenting offerings was not merely a ritual but a demonstration of faith and commitment to the covenant. It also foreshadows the ultimate offering of Jesus Christ, who presented Himself as a sacrifice for humanity's sins, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a>, which speaks of Christ offering Himself "without blemish to God."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron, responsible for performing the sacred duties in the Tabernacle and later in the Temple. They were tasked with maintaining the holiness of the offerings presented to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were commanded to bring offerings to the LORD as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_offerings.htm">Sacred Offerings</a></b><br>These are the gifts and sacrifices brought by the Israelites to the LORD, which were to be handled with reverence and care by the priests.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, to whom the offerings are presented. He is the one who establishes the laws and commands regarding worship and offerings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle/temple.htm">Tabernacle/Temple</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where the priests performed their duties and where the offerings were presented.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>The priests were called to a high standard of holiness in their service. As believers, we are also called to serve God with integrity and reverence in all we do.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_sacred_things.htm">Respect for Sacred Things</a></b><br>Just as the priests were to treat the offerings with respect, we should approach our worship and service to God with a sense of reverence and awe.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_profanation.htm">Guarding Against Profanation</a></b><br>The warning against profaning the offerings serves as a reminder to guard our hearts and actions against anything that would dishonor God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Spiritual leaders have a responsibility to uphold the sanctity of worship and guide others in honoring God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_high_priest.htm">Christ as Our High Priest</a></b><br>Jesus, our perfect high priest, ensures that our offerings and worship are acceptable to God, bridging the gap between our imperfection and God's holiness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_leviticus_22's_rules_seem_outdated_now.htm">Could Leviticus 22's detailed purity regulations reflect historical or cultural practices now seen as scientifically or ethically questionable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lev_22_compare_to_nt_grace.htm">How do Leviticus 22's rules compare with New Testament teachings on grace and accessibility for all believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_prefer_obedience_over_sacrifice.htm">While Leviticus 4 describes an intricate sacrificial system, why do other parts of the Bible suggest that God desires obedience over sacrifice (e.g., 1 Samuel 15:22)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_malachi_1_6-8_and_ot_laws_align.htm">How do Malachi 1:6-8's denunciations of flawed sacrifices align with other Old Testament laws on offerings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(15) <span class= "bld">And they shall not profane.</span>--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.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 15, 16.</span> - These verses present some difficulties of construction. The rendering of the Authorized Version is as follows: <span class="cmt_word">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.</span> 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: <span class="accented">And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord</span>; <span class="accented">or lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating.</span> 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 (<a href="/1_samuel/21-6.htm">1 Samuel 21:6</a>), for the shewbread was not only holy, but most holy. But his act is excused by our Lord, on the plea of necessity (<a href="/matthew/12-3.htm">Matthew 12:3, 4</a>), even though it was done on the sabbath day (<a href="/1_samuel/21-5.htm">1 Samuel 21:5</a>, margin). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The priests must not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profane</span><br /><span class="heb">יְחַלְּל֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḥal·lə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sacred offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְשֵׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏə·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">present</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרִ֖ימוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rî·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-15.htm">Leviticus 22:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:15 The priests shall not profane the holy (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>