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Leviticus 22:15

Listen to Leviticus 22:15
15 The Israelites must not make the holy offerings impure that they offer up 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.

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Leviticus 22:15 In-Context

13 But if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced and has no children and so returns to her father's household as when she was young, she can eat her father's food. But, again, no layperson is allowed to eat it.
14 If someone eats a holy offering unintentionally, they must provide the priest with an equal item, plus one-fifth.
15 The Israelites must not make the holy offerings impure that they offer up to the LORD
16 or make themselves liable to punishment requiring compensation by eating their own holy offerings. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
17 The LORD said to Moses:
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