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Leviticus 22:16
Leviticus 22:16 is verse 16 of Leviticus chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
King James Version
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
World English Bible
and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”
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Leviticus 22:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
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,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
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.”
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.
Leviticus 20:8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.