Leviticus 21:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain  or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate my holy places, for I am the Lord who sets them apart.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ But he shall not come within the veil or come near the altar [of incense], because he has a blemish, that he may not desecrate and make unclean My sanctuaries and hallowed things; for I the Lord do sanctify them. [Heb. 7:28.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

Common English Bible

²³ but since he has an imperfection, he cannot enter toward the inner curtain or officiate at the altar, making these parts of my sanctuary impure by doing so. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ But even so, he may not enter within the veil, nor approach to the altar. For he has a blemish, and he must not contaminate my Sanctuary. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

Leviticus 21:23 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

Leviticus 15:31

‘You must keep the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling my tabernacle  that is among them.

Leviticus 19:2

‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy  because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:12

He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him;  I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

Leviticus 21:24

Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Leviticus 21:6

They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.  For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

Leviticus 22:16

by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution.  For I am the Lord who sets them apart.’

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?