Leviticus 21:23

Easy To Read Version

But he cannot go through the curtain {into the Most Holy Place} and he cannot go near the altar. [383] Why? Because he has something wrong with him. He must not make my holy places not holy. I, the Lord, make those places holy!”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

My God, punish those people. They made the priesthood unclean. They treated it like it was not important. They did not obey the agreement that you made with the priests and Levites.

Leviticus 15:31

“So you must warn the people of Israel about being unclean. [256] {If you don’t warn the people, then} they might make my Holy Tent [257] unclean. And then they would have to die!”

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: I am the Lord your God! I am holy, so you must be holy!

Leviticus 20:7

“Be special. Make yourselves holy [350] . Why? Because {I am holy}! I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:12

The high priest must not go out of God’s holy place. {Then he might become unclean,} and {then he might} make God’s holy place unclean. The anointing oil was poured on the high priest’s head. This separated him {from the rest of the people}. I am the Lord!

Leviticus 21:22

{That person is from the family of priests,} so he can eat the holy bread. He can also eat the very holy bread.

Leviticus 21:6

Priests must be holy for their God. They must show respect for God’s name. Why? Because they carry the bread and the offerings by fire to the Lord. So they must be holy. [374]

Leviticus 22:16

If the priests treat those things as not holy, then they will add to their sin when they eat the holy food. I, the Lord, make them holy!”

Matthew 23:17

You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple? The temple makes that gold holy. \{So the temple is greater.\}