Leviticus 21:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But he shall not come near the curtain or approach the altar because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am the Lord; I sanctify them.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priests and the Levites.

Leviticus 15:31

“Thus you shall keep the Israelites separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.

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

He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus profane 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 may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.

Leviticus 21:24

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

Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the Lord’s offerings by fire, the food of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 22:16

causing them to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, by eating their sacred donations, for I am the Lord; I sanctify them.”

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that has made the gold sacred?