Leviticus 22:15

15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the people 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 a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; yet no outsider shall eat of it.

14 And if a man eats of a holy thing unwittingly, he shall add the fifth of its value to it, and give the holy thing to the priest.

15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

16 and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the LORD who sanctify them."

17 And the LORD said to Moses,