Leviticus 21:23

God's Word

However, he must never come up to the canopy or to the altar, since he has a physical defect. He must never dishonor the holy places because I, the Lord, set them apart as holy.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

⌞Nehemiah prayed,⌟ “Remember them, my God, because they have contaminated the priestly office and the promise  you made to the priests and Levites.”

Leviticus 15:31

“You must separate the Israelites from anything that keeps them from being presentable to me. Otherwise, they will die because they make my tent, which is among them, unclean.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell the whole congregation of Israel: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

“Live holy lives. Be holy because I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:12

He must not leave the holy tent of his God. If he does, he will be dishonoring it, because he is dedicated with the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the food of his God—what is holy and what is very holy.

Leviticus 21:24

So Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Leviticus 21:6

“Be God’s holy men, and don’t dishonor the name of your God. Be holy because you bring sacrifices by fire to the Lord. It is the food of your God.

Leviticus 22:16

They must make those people pay the penalty for their guilt because they have eaten the priests’ holy offerings. I am the Lord, who sets them apart as holy.”

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the temple that made the gold holy?