Leviticus 22:32

32 And polute not my holy name, that I maye be halowed amonge the childern of Israel. For I am the Lorde which halowe you,

Leviticus 22:32 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:32

Neither shall ye profane my holy name
By transgressing the laws of God, particularly by offering blemished sacrifices, or before the proper tithe; or by slaying the dam and its young on one day; for, as Aben Ezra observes, this is said to the sons of Aaron: but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel;
by his priests among them, and by themselves, conforming to all the precepts, and particularly the last mentioned, which respects them, and their eating up the peace offerings the same day: I [am] the Lord which hallowed you;
had separated them from all other people, and had given them holy laws to walk by, through the observance of which they would be at least externally holy.

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Leviticus 22:32 In-Context

30 And the same daye it must be eate vp, so that ye leaue none of it vntill the morowe. For I am the Lorde,
31 kepe now my commaundementes and do them, for I am the Lorde.
32 And polute not my holy name, that I maye be halowed amonge the childern of Israel. For I am the Lorde which halowe you,
33 and broughte you out of the londe of Egipte, to be youre God: for I am the Lorde.
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