Leviticus 22 · Verse 9

Leviticus 22:9

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
Leviticus 22:9, King James Version

Leviticus 22:9 in other translations

BSBThe priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
WEB“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
ASVThey shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
YLT‘And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I am Jehovah sanctifying them.
DARBYAnd they shall keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die by it, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who do hallow them.
BBESo then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.
WebsterThey shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 22:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשָׁמְר֣וּve.sha.me.Ruand they will keepH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗יmish.mar.Tiduty myH4931
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִשְׂא֤וּyis.'Uthey will bearH5375
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavon itH5921
חֵ֔טְאChet'sinH2399
וּמֵ֥תוּu.Me.tuand they will dieH4191
ב֖וֹvoby <the> it
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּye.cha.le.Lu.huthey will profane itH2490
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֖הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
מְקַדְּשָֽׁם\׃me.ka.de.Sham[who] sets apart as holy themH6942

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 22:9

  • Exodus 28:43

    And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

  • Numbers 18:32

    And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

  • Numbers 18:22

    Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Leviticus 16:2

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • Leviticus 22:16

    Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

  • Leviticus 10:1-2

    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bear sin for it.That is, be punished if he break it.
10:1,2; 16:2; Ex 28:43; Nu 18:22,32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 22:8

    That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.

  • Leviticus 22:9

    They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.

  • Leviticus 22:10

    There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Read all of Leviticus 22

Leviticus 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Guarden, pues, mi ordenanza, y no lleven pecado por ello, no sea que así mueran cuando la profanaren: Yo Jehová que los santifico.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils garderont ce que j’ai ordonné de garder, afin qu’ils ne portent pas de péché sur eux, et qu’ils ne meurent pas, pour avoir profané mon ordonnance. Moi, je suis l’ Éternel qui les sanctifie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sollen meine Vorschriften beobachten, damit sie nicht deswegen Sünde auf sich laden und dadurch sterben, weil sie es entweihen. Ich bin Jehova, der sie heiligt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Custodiant præcepta mea, ut non subjaceant peccato, et moriantur in sanctuario, cum polluerint illud. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.