Bible verse
The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
Leviticus 22:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 22.
11 But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
13 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
14 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
15 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
16 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.”
17 Then the LORD said to Moses,
18 “Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
KJV
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
ASV
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah,
ERV
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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