Leviticus 21:8

New Century Version

Treat him as holy, because he offers up the food of your God. Think of him as holy; I am the Lord who makes you holy, and I am holy.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, my God, because they made the priesthood unclean and the agreement of the priests and Levites unclean.

Exodus 19:10

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14

After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 28:41

Put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons, and pour olive oil on their heads to appoint them as priests. Make them belong to me so they may serve me as priests.

Exodus 29:1

“This is what you must do to appoint Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two male sheep that have nothing wrong with them.

Leviticus 19:2

“Tell all the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. You must be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 21:6

They must be holy to their God and show respect for God’s name, because they present the offerings made by fire to the Lord, which is the food of their God. So they must be holy.

Leviticus 22:16

The priests must not allow those who are not priests to eat the holy offerings. If they do, they cause the ones who eat the holy offerings to become guilty, and they will have to pay for it. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.’ ”

Leviticus 3:11

Then the priest will burn these parts on the altar as food; it will be an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Malachi 1:7

“You have shown it by bringing unclean food to my altar. “But you ask, ‘What makes it unclean?’ “It is unclean because you don’t respect the altar of the Lord.

Numbers 28:2

“Give this command to the Israelites. Tell them: ‘Bring me food offerings made by fire, for a smell that is pleasing to me, and be sure to bring them at the right time.’

John 10:36

So why do you say that I speak against God because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? I am the one God chose and sent into the world.

John 17:19

For their sake, I am making myself ready to serve so that they can be ready for their service of the truth.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to those who do not respect the Son of God, who look at the blood of the agreement that made them holy as no different from others’ blood, who insult the Spirit of God’s grace? Surely they should have a much worse punishment.

Hebrews 7:26

Jesus is the kind of high priest we need. He is holy, sinless, pure, not influenced by sinners, and he is raised above the heavens.