"And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;" — Leviticus 22:15

Leviticus 22:15 · KJV

“And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;”

— Leviticus 22:15

And if a man eat {of} the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth {part} thereof unto it, and shall give {it} unto the priest with the holy thing.

Verse 16

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. {suffer...: or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating}

Leviticus 22 — Context

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

And if a man eat {of} the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth {part} thereof unto it, and shall give {it} unto the priest with the holy thing.

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. {suffer...: or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating}

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Cross References

Numbers 18:32

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Leviticus 19:8

Therefore {every one} that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 22:9

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed {difference} between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. {violated: Heb. offered violence to}