Leviticus 21:23

Modern English Version

Only he shall not go in through the veil or come to the altar, because he has a blemish, so that he does not defile My sanctuaries, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

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 separate the Israelites from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling My tabernacle that is among them.

Leviticus 19:2

Speak to all the congregation of the Israelites, and say to them: 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

nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, so as not to defile 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 shall eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy.

Leviticus 21:24

Moses spoke this to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the Israelites.

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the food of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 22:16

and cause them to suffer and to bear the iniquity of guilt when they eat their holy things, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?