Levítico 21:8

8 Deberás tratarlos como santos porque ellos son los que ofrecen alimento a tu Dios. Debes considerarlos santos porque yo, el Señor
, soy santo y yo te hago santo.

Levítico 21:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 21:8

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore
In thought and word, as Aben Ezra, by thinking and speaking well of him; should esteem and reckon him a holy person, being in a sacred office, and honour him as such; and do all that can be done to preserve him from unholiness and impurity, and particularly from marrying with improper and unsuitable persons, such as would bring a scandal on him and his sacred office: this seems to be spoken to Moses, and so to the civil magistrate in succession, who were not to suffer such marriages to take place in the priesthood; and were not only to persuade from it, but to exercise their authority, and oblige them to put away such wives, and if they refused, to use severity; so Jarchi,

``"thou shalt sanctify him", whether he will or not; if he will not put her away, beat him and chastise him until he does put "her away",''

see ( Ezra 2:62 ) ; for he offereth the bread of the Lord;
meaning not the shewbread he set in order before the Lord every week, but the various gift and sacrifices which were offered to God by him, and were acceptable to him as his food; and therefore he ought to be holy that drew nigh to God, and was employed in such service, see ( Leviticus 21:6 ) ; he shall be holy unto thee;
in thy account and estimation, and for thy service to offer holy sacrifices, and therefore should be careful of his holiness to preserve it: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, [am] holy;
in his nature, works, and ways, and who had separated them from all other people to be a holy people to him, and therefore they that ministered in holy things for them should be holy likewise.

Levítico 21:8 In-Context

6 Deben ser apartados como santos para su Dios y nunca deshonrar el nombre de Dios. Deben ser santos, porque ellos son los que presentan las ofrendas especiales al Señor
, ofrendas de alimento para su Dios.

7 »No se permite a los sacerdotes casarse con una mujer contaminada por la prostitución, ni casarse con una mujer divorciada, porque los sacerdotes están separados como santos para su Dios.

8 Deberás tratarlos como santos porque ellos son los que ofrecen alimento a tu Dios. Debes considerarlos santos porque yo, el Señor
, soy santo y yo te hago santo.

9 »Si la hija de un sacerdote se contamina a sí misma al hacerse prostituta, ella también contamina la santidad de su padre, y deberá morir quemada.

10 »El sumo sacerdote tiene el rango más alto de todos los sacerdotes. El aceite de la unción fue derramado sobre su cabeza y él fue ordenado para que lleve las vestiduras sacerdotales. Nunca debe tener el cabello despeinado
ni rasgar sus vestiduras.