Leviticus 22:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.””
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“by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“nor have caused them to bear the iniquity of the guilt-offering in their eating their holy things; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying them.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 22:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 7:18If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 20:8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
- Leviticus 21:8You 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.
- Leviticus 21:15so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
- Leviticus 21:23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
- Leviticus 22:9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Psalms 38:4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
- Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
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