Leviticus 21:8 “You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God.…”

Leviticus 21:8

You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.

World English Bible

Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctifie you, am holy.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

Bible in Basic English

And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

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Cross references

“sanctify”

Leviticus 21:6 Exodus 19:10 Exodus 19:14 Exodus 28:41 Exodus 29:1 Exodus 29:43

Leviticus 21:6 · BSB

They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

Exodus 19:10 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14 · BSB

When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

Exodus 28:41 · BSB

After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.

Exodus 29:1 · BSB

“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,

Exodus 29:43 · BSB

I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

“for I”

Leviticus 19:2 John 17:19 Hebrews 7:26 John 10:36 Hebrews 10:29 Leviticus 11:44

Leviticus 19:2 · BSB

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

John 17:19 · BSB

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

Hebrews 7:26 · BSB

Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

John 10:36 · BSB

then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

Hebrews 10:29 · BSB

How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Leviticus 11:44 · BSB

For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

9If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

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