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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 21:8

And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Bread;   God Continued...;   Minister, Christian;   Mourning;   Priest;   Sanctification;   Uncleanness;   Scofield Reference Index - Sanctification;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Holiness;   Priests;   Sanctification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mourning;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holiness;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God;   Oil;   Priest, Christ as;   Sanctification;   Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Zacharias ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Law in the Old Testament;   Leviticus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bread;   Commandments, the 613;   ḥalalah;   Hananiah (ḥanina) B. ḥakinai;   Holiness;   Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
King James Version
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord , which sanctify you, am holy.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall consecrate him, because he is bringing near your God's food; he shall be holy to you, since I, Yahweh, who consecrates you, am holy.
New Century Version
Treat him as holy, because he offers up the food of your God. Think of him as holy; I am the Lord who makes you holy, and I am holy.
New English Translation
You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.
Amplified Bible
'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.
New American Standard Bible
'You shall consecrate him, therefore, because he offers the food of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lorde, which sanctifie you, am holy.
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, you shall set him apart as holy, for he brings near the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I Yahweh, who makes you holy, am holy.
Contemporary English Version
because I am holy. And so, you must be treated with proper respect, since you offer food sacrifices to me, the God of holiness.
Complete Jewish Bible
Rather, you are to set him apart as holy, because he offers the bread of your God; he is to be holy for you, because I, Adonai , who makes you holy, am holy.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.
Easy-to-Read Version
A priest serves God in a special way. So you must treat him in a special way, because he carries holy things. He brings the holy bread to me, and I am holy. I am the Lord , and I make you holy.
English Standard Version
You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, the Lord , who sanctify you, am holy.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for he is holy, because I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Good News Translation
The people must consider the priest holy, because he presents the food offerings to me. I am the Lord ; I am holy and I make my people holy.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.
Literal Translation
And you shall sanctify him, for he brings near the bread of your God; he is holy to you; for I am holy, Jehovah who is sanctifying you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
therfore shal he sanctifie him self, for he offreth the bred of thy God. He shal be holy vnto the, for I am holy, even the LORDE that sanctifieth you.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.
Bible in Basic English
And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt sanctifie hym therfore, for he offereth vp the bread of thy God: he shall therefore be holy vnto thee, for I the Lorde which sanctifie you, am holy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God; he shall be holy unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt sanctifie him therfore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shalbe holy vnto thee: for I the Lord which sanctifie you, am holy.
English Revised Version
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy-I who set you apart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and offrith the looues of settyng forth; therfor be he hooly, for `Y am the hooli Lord that halewith you.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.
Update Bible Version
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy to thee: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, [am] holy.
World English Bible
You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
New King James Version
Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
New Living Translation
You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the Lord , am holy, and I make you holy.
New Life Bible
So you must set him apart, for he gives the bread of your God. He will be holy to you. For I, the Lord Who sets you apart, am holy.
New Revised Standard
and you shall treat them as holy, since they offer the food of your God; they shall be holy to you, for I the Lord , I who sanctify you, am holy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near, - Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I - Yahweh, who am making you holy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctify them.
Revised Standard Version
You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them that they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead, 2 but they may mourn for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother, 3 and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself. 5 And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God. 8 And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy. 9 And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sanctify: Leviticus 21:6, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:14, Exodus 28:41, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:43, Exodus 29:44

for I: Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:45, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 20:7, Leviticus 20:8, John 10:36, John 17:19, Hebrews 7:26, Hebrews 10:29

Reciprocal: Exodus 19:6 - and an Exodus 31:13 - that ye may Leviticus 3:11 - the food Leviticus 10:3 - I will be Leviticus 21:7 - that is a whore Leviticus 21:15 - for I the Leviticus 21:21 - to offer Leviticus 21:23 - for I the Lord Leviticus 22:25 - the bread Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Numbers 28:2 - my bread Ezekiel 20:12 - I am Ezekiel 37:28 - sanctify Ezekiel 44:7 - when Hosea 9:4 - their bread

Cross-References

Genesis 19:3
And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.
Genesis 26:30
And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
Genesis 29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast.
Genesis 40:20
And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao’s birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.
Judges 14:10
And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
Judges 14:12
And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
1 Samuel 1:22
But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.
1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:20
And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.
1 Kings 3:15
And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people of Israel are now addressed. They are commanded to regard the priests, who perform for them the service of the altar, as holy in respect of their office.


 
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