King James Version
Leviticus 22:9 in the King James Version says “They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD d...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
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.
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.
But 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. with: Heb. with the purchase of his money
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They shall therefore keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“mine ordinance”
H4931watch, i.e., the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e., (
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“lest they bear”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“therefore if they 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
“it I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“do sanctify”
H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
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