Leviticus 21:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the Lord who sanctify 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 keep the people of Israel separate from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling my tabernacle that is in their midst.”

Leviticus 19:2

“Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, 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

neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor 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 bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

Leviticus 21:24

So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.

Leviticus 21:6

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

Leviticus 22:16

and so cause them to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: for I am the Lord who sanctify them.”

Matthew 23:17

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