Leviticus 22:15

15 And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord:

Leviticus 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:15

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of
Israel, which they offer unto the Lord.
] By causing or suffering strangers to eat of them; so Jarchi, referring the words to the priests, who should be careful that strangers ate not of sacred things; or by the strangers themselves eating them, whereby they were profaned and used as common things.

Leviticus 22:15 In-Context

13 But if she be a widow, or divorced, and having no children return to her father’s house, she shall eat of her father’s meats, as she was wont to do when she was a maid. No stranger hath leave to eat of them.
14 He that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance, shall add the fifth part with that which he ate, and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary.
15 And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord:
16 Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their trespass, when they shall have eaten the sanctified things. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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