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I am the LORD, who makes them holy.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />or allow them to bear the guilt of trespass when they eat their holy <i>offerings;</i> for I the LORD sanctify them.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and <i>thereby</i> bring upon them punishment for guilt by eating their holy <i>gifts;</i> for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and <i>so</i> cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy <i>gifts;</i> for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and <i>so</i> cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy <i>gifts</i>; for I am Yahweh who makes them holy.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and so cause them [by neglect of any essential observance] to bear the punishment of guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution. For I am the LORD who sets them apart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution. For I am Yahweh who sets them apart.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't let them become guilty of eating this sacred food. Remember--I am the LORD, the one who makes these offerings holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD which sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They must make those people pay the penalty for their guilt because they have eaten the priests' holy offerings. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />by letting any unauthorized people eat them; this would bring guilt and punishment on such people. I am the LORD and I make the offerings holy." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />thereby causing them to bear the punishment of their iniquity for wrongdoing when they eat their sacred things, because I am the LORD, who sets them apart."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />or have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I am Jehovah, sanctifying them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And for them to take up the sin of trespass in their eating the holies: for I Jehovah consecrating them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their trespass, when they shall have eaten the sanctified things. I am the Lord who sanctify them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />lest perhaps they may suffer the iniquity of their offense, when they will have eaten what has been sanctified. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />nor make them incur a penalty when they eat their sacred offerings. For I, the LORD, make them holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />causing them to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, by eating their sacred donations: for I am the LORD; I sanctify them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And thus shall suffer for the iniquity and sins, when they eat of their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall take upon them evil and sins when they eat of their holy things, because I AM LORD JEHOVAH who hallows them.’”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I <i>am</i> the Lord that sanctifies them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-16.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=5873" 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">15</span>The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: bə·’ā·ḵə·lām (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">by allowing the people to eat</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·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the sacred offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·hiś·śî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and thus to bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wōn (N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">the punishment</a> <a href="/hebrew/819.htm" title="819: ’aš·māh (N-fs) -- Wrongdoing, guiltiness. Feminine of 'asham; guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a sin-offering.">for guilt.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">am the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: mə·qad·də·šām (V-Piel-Prtcpl-msc:: 3mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">who sanctifies them.”</a> </span><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/18-22.htm">Numbers 18:22</a></span><br />No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-3.htm">Numbers 18:3</a></span><br />And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-19.htm">Deuteronomy 15:19-23</a></span><br />You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock. / Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose. / But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-7.htm">Malachi 1:7-8</a></span><br />By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible. / When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Malachi 1:12-14</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. / “But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.<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="/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="/1_samuel/2-29.htm">1 Samuel 2:29</a></span><br />Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">1 Corinthians 11:27-29</a></span><br />Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. / Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. / For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-21.htm">1 Corinthians 10:21</a></span><br />You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<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="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a></span><br />But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.</p><p class="hdg">bear</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-18.htm">Leviticus 7:18</a></b></br> And if <i>any</i> of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm">Psalm 38:4</a></b></br> For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11,12</a></b></br> He shall see of the travail of his soul, <i>and</i> shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities… </p><p class="hdg">for I</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/20-8.htm">Leviticus 20:8</a></b></br> And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I <i>am</i> the LORD which sanctify you.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Allowing</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-10.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-8.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-19.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-22.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-19.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/acts/25-15.htm">Requiring</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Sanctifies</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Sanctifieth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Sanctifying</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-9.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-22.htm">Trespass</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/1-34.htm">Allowing</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-15.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-2.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-43.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-18.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-22.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/numbers/6-12.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-21.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Requiring</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-2.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Sanctifies</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-14.htm">Sanctifieth</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-32.htm">Sanctifying</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-19.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Suffer</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Trespass</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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In the context of Leviticus, sacred offerings were meant to be consumed only by those who were ritually clean and authorized, primarily the priests. Allowing unauthorized individuals to eat these offerings would desecrate what was holy. This reflects the broader biblical principle of maintaining the sanctity of what is dedicated to God, as seen in the story of Nadab and Abihu (<a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>) and the warning against profaning holy things (<a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a>).<p><b>and thus to bear the punishment for guilt.</b><br>The consequence of improperly consuming sacred offerings was bearing the punishment for guilt, which underscores the seriousness of maintaining holiness and obedience to God's commands. This reflects the broader biblical theme of sin leading to guilt and the need for atonement, as seen in the sacrificial system outlined in Leviticus. The concept of bearing guilt is also echoed in the New Testament, where Christ bears the sins of humanity (<a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a>, <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">1 Peter 2:24</a>), highlighting the gravity of sin and the need for a mediator.<p><b>For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's role in sanctification, setting apart the Israelites and their practices as holy. The declaration "I am the LORD" is a frequent reminder of God's authority and covenant relationship with Israel. Sanctification is a central theme throughout Scripture, pointing to God's desire for His people to be holy as He is holy (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>). In the New Testament, this is fulfilled in Christ, who sanctifies believers through His sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>). The phrase underscores the divine initiative in making people holy, a process that is both a privilege and a responsibility for the covenant community.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The primary audience of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Leviticus 22</a>, responsible for maintaining the sanctity of the sacred offerings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_offerings.htm">Sacred Offerings</a></b><br>These are the holy gifts presented to God, which must be handled with reverence and purity.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The broader community affected by the priests' actions, as they bring offerings to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>God, who sanctifies and sets apart the offerings and the people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship where offerings are made, representing God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>The priests' role in maintaining the sanctity of offerings underscores the importance of holiness in service to God. As believers, we are called to serve with integrity and purity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responsibility_and_accountability.htm">Responsibility and Accountability</a></b><br>The passage highlights the responsibility of leaders to guide others in righteousness. Spiritual leaders today must be vigilant in their duties to prevent others from falling into sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sanctification_by_god.htm">Sanctification by God</a></b><br>God is the one who sanctifies. Our efforts in holiness are empowered by His grace. We must rely on Him to purify and set us apart for His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_impact.htm">Community Impact</a></b><br>The actions of the priests affected the entire community. Our personal holiness and obedience have a ripple effect on those around us, influencing the spiritual health of our community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_sacred_things.htm">Reverence for Sacred Things</a></b><br>The sacred offerings symbolize our worship and devotion. We must approach our relationship with God with reverence, recognizing the sacredness of our spiritual practices.<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/binaural_beats__what_are_they,_effects.htm">Why did Jesus suffer beyond the city gates?</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/does_lev._22_10_conflict_with_inclusivity.htm">In Leviticus 22:10, does the exclusion of non-priests from eating sacred offerings conflict with later biblical themes of inclusivity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_wound_does_the_beast_receive.htm">Why go outside the camp to bear Jesus' disgrace?</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>(16) <span class= "bld">Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Moreover, they shall not cause them to bear the iniquity. </span>That is, not only are the priests themselves prohibited to treat with profanity the sacred gifts, but they are to realise that it is incumbent upon them to guard these sacrifices so carefully as not to cause the Israelites to contract sin by transgressing the laws by eating holy things which are put in their way through culpable negligence.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-16.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">by allowing the people to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָכְלָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ḵə·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sacred offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏə·šê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<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">and thus to bear</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiś·śî·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the punishment</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for guilt.</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשְׁמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_819.htm">Strong's 819: </a> </span><span class="str2">Guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of a, sin-offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">am the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">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 /><br /><span class="word">who sanctifies</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qad·də·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">פ</span> <span class="translit">(p̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Punctuation<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-16.htm">Leviticus 22:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:16 And so cause them to bear (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:17" /></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>