King James Version
Leviticus 22:15 in the King James Version says “And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;”
Leviticus 22:15 · KJV
But 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.
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. suffer: or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“And they shall not profane”
H2490properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which they offer”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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