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.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am the Lord.
Note Lord or God in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Leviticus 22:2
- Leviticus 22:3–6; Leviticus 15:31; Numbers 6:3–8
- that they profane not
- 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!
- Leviticus 22:32; Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 19:12; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 21:6
- hallow
- Exodus 13:12; Exodus 28:38; Numbers 18:32; Deuteronomy 15:19