"Thus you shall keepthe sonsof Israelseparatedfrom their uncleanness,sothat they will not diein their uncleannessby their defilingMy tabernaclethat is amongthem."
IfI regardwickednessin my heart,The Lordwill not hear;
"Again,they have donethisto Me: they have defiledMy sanctuaryon the samedayand have profanedMy sabbaths.
"Sonof man,when the houseof Israelwas livingin their own land,they defiledit by their waysand their deeds;their waybeforeMe was like the uncleannessof a woman in her impurity.
"Moreover, they shall teachMy people[the] [difference] betweenthe holyand the profane,and cause them to discernbetweenthe uncleanand the clean.
Soas I live,'declaresthe LordGOD,'surely,becauseyou have defiledMy sanctuarywith allyour detestableidolsand with allyour abominations,therefore I will alsowithdraw,and My eyewill havenopityand I will not spare.
"And he will makea firmcovenantwith the manyfor oneweek,but in the middleof the weekhe will puta stopto sacrificeand grain offering;and on the wingof abominations[will come] one who makesdesolate,even untila completedestruction,one that is decreed,is pouredout on the one who makesdesolate."
to makea distinctionbetweenthe uncleanand the clean,and betweenthe ediblecreatureand the creaturewhichis not to be eaten.
Thisis the lawfor the markof leprosyin a garmentof woolorlinen,whetherin the warporin the woof,orin anyarticleof leather,for pronouncingit cleanorunclean.
Thisis the lawfor the one with a discharge,and for the man whohasa seminalemissionso that he is uncleanby it,
You shall keepMy sabbathsand revereMy sanctuary;I am the LORD.
I will also setMy faceagainst that manand will cuthim offfrom amonghis people,becausehe has givensomeof his offspringto Molech,soas to defileMy sanctuaryand to profaneMy holyname.
onlyhe shall not goin to the veilor comenearthe altarbecausehe has a defect,so that he will not profaneMy sanctuaries.For I am the LORDwho sanctifiesthem.'"
Anyonewho touchesa corpse,the bodyof a manwhohas died,and does not purifyhimself, defilesthe tabernacleof the LORD;and that personshall be cutofffrom Israel.Becausethe waterfor impuritywas not sprinkledon him, he shall be unclean;his uncleannessis stillon him.
But the manwhois uncleanand does not purifyhimself from uncleanness,that personshall be cutofffrom the midstof the assembly,becausehe has defiledthe sanctuaryof the LORD;the waterfor impurityhas not been sprinkledon him, he is unclean.
"You shall sendawaybothmaleand female;you shall sendthem outsidethe campso that they will not defiletheir campwhereI dwellin their midst."
Ifany mandestroysthe templeof God,Godwill destroyhim, for the templeof Godis holy,and that is whatyou are.
"Be carefulagainst an infectionof leprosy,that you diligentlyobserveand doaccording to allthat the Leviticalprieststeachyou; as I have commandedthem, so you shall be carefulto do.
How muchsevererpunishmentdo you thinkhe will deservewho has trampled under footthe Sonof God,and has regardedas uncleanthe bloodof the covenantby whichhe was sanctified,and has insultedthe Spiritof grace?
For certainpersonshave crept in unnoticed,thosewho were longbeforehand markedout for thiscondemnation,ungodly personswho turnthe graceof our Godinto licentiousnessand denyour onlyMasterand Lord,JesusChrist.
"ThereforeI have swornto the houseof Elithat the iniquityof Eli'shouseshall not be atonedfor by sacrificeor offeringforever."
