Leviticus 21:23 - Revised Standard Version

²³ but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the Lord who sanctify them.”

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar: because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

Leviticus 21:23 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

Leviticus 15:31

“Thus you shall keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”

Leviticus 19:2

“Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

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

Leviticus 21:12

neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

Leviticus 21:24

So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 22:16

and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctify them.”

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?