KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Leviticus 21:21–24
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Leviticus 21:21
21No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
21No man that hath a blemish, of the seed of Aaron the Priest, shall come nigh to offer the offrings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
Leviticus 21:22
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most Holy, and of the holy:
Leviticus 21:23
23Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.
23Onely he shall not goe in vnto the Uaile, nor come nigh vnto the Altar, because he hath a blemish, that he prophane not my Sanctuaries: for I the LORD doe sanctifie them.
Leviticus 21:24
24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
24And Moses told it vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and vnto all the children of Israel.
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DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 21:21
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A mark, defect, stain, or fault that mars appearance, character, or reputation; also to cause such damage.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A person who officiates in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; the KJV applies the term to Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, and Christ as Priest, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Things presented or given, especially gifts or sacrifices brought before God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 21:22
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Greatest in amount, number, or degree; in the highest degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Belonging to God or set apart for him; sacred; morally pure. Applied to God, it expresses his perfect purity; in Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, it identifies the Spirit of God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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Leviticus 21:23
A covering that conceals; as a verb, to cover or hide.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A mark, defect, stain, or fault that mars appearance, character, or reputation; also to cause such damage.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Not sacred or consecrated; to treat holy things as common.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
sanctuaries
Holy places set apart for God's presence and worship; also places of refuge.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Leviticus 21:24
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
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Open the full verse study17Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
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Open the full verse study8Thou 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.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study3And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
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Open the full verse study13Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
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Open the full verse study10And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
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Open the full verse study10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
12If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
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Open the full verse study8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.
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Open the full verse study16And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
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Open the full verse study1LIKEWISE this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
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Open the full verse study19All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
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Open the full verse study9This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
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Open the full verse study29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study12Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
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Open the full verse study6And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.
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Open the full verse study26¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
27And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Open the full verse study9¶ Thus saith the Lord God; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord God, and they shall bear their iniquity.
13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.
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Open the full verse study31Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study18This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
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Open the full verse study2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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Open the full verse study17And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
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Open the full verse study1AND now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.
5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
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