Leviticus 22:15

New Century Version

"‘When the Israelites give their holy offerings to the Lord , the priest must not treat these holy things as though they were not holy.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They shall not profane the holy things of the children of Yisra'el, which they offer to the LORD,

King James Version
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord ;

Lexham English Bible
And they shall not profane the Israelites' votive offerings that they present to Yahweh,

New English Translation
They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord ,

Amplified Bible
'The priests shall not profane the holy things the Israelites offer to the LORD,

New American Standard Bible
'And they shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

Geneva Bible (1587)
So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord,

Legacy Standard Bible
They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they raise up to Yahweh,

Contemporary English Version
I warn you not to treat lightly the offerings that are brought by the people of Israel.

Complete Jewish Bible
They are not to profane the holy things of the people of Isra'el that they have set apart for Adonai

Darby Translation
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer unto Jehovah,

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Israelites will bring offerings to the Lord . These offerings become holy, so the priests must not let them be used in a wrong way.

English Standard Version
They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the Lord ,

George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel shall not profane the holy things which they offer to the LORD;

Good News Translation
The priests shall not profane the sacred offerings

Christian Standard Bible®
The priests must not profane the holy offerings the Israelites give to the Lord

Literal Translation
And they shall not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel, that which they lift up to Jehovah;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
that they vnhalowe not ye halowed thinges of the children of Israel, which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE,

American Standard Version
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,

Bible in Basic English
And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priestes shall not defile the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, whiche they offer vnto the Lorde:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD;

King James Version (1611)
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.

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

Berean Standard Bible
The priests must not profane the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the LORD

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei schulen not defoule the halewid thingis of the sones of Israel, whiche thei offren to the Lord,

Young's Literal Translation
and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,

Update Bible Version
And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel which they offer to the LORD;

World English Bible
They shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

New King James Version
They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

New Living Translation
The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the Lord

New Life Bible
The religious leaders must not make the holy gifts unclean that the people of Israel give to the Lord.

New Revised Standard
No one shall profane the sacred donations of the people of Israel, which they offer to the Lord ,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall they not profane the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, - which they heave up unto Yahweh;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord:

Revised Standard Version
The priests shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,

THE MESSAGE
"The priests must not treat with irreverence the holy offerings of the Israelites that they contribute to God lest they desecrate themselves and make themselves guilty when they eat the holy offerings. I am God who makes them holy."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD,

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Only people in a priest's family may eat the holy offering. A visitor staying with the priest or a hired worker must not eat it. ¹¹ But if the priest buys a slave with his own money, that slave may eat the holy offerings; slaves who were born in his house may also eat his food. ¹² If a priest's daughter marries a person who is not a priest, she must not eat any of the holy offerings. ¹³ But if the priest's daughter becomes widowed or divorced, with no children to support her, and if she goes back to her father's house where she lived as a child, she may eat some of her father's food. But only people from a priest's family may eat this food. ¹⁴ "‘If someone eats some of the holy offering by mistake, that person must pay back the priest for that holy food, adding another one-fifth of the price of that food. ¹⁵ "‘When the Israelites give their holy offerings to the Lord , the priest must not treat these holy things as though they were not holy. ¹⁶ The priests must not allow those who are not priests to eat the holy offerings. If they do, they cause the ones who eat the holy offerings to become guilty, and they will have to pay for it. I am the Lord , who makes them holy.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 22:9, Leviticus 19:8, Numbers 18:32, Ezekiel 22:26

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are rather difficult. Their meaning appears to be: “The holy things of the children of Israel which are heaved before Yahweh” (see Leviticus 7:30) “shall not be profaned; and they shall incur a sin of trespass who eat of their holy things (so as to profane them).”