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Leviticus 22:16

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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.”

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 16

In this chapter we have divers laws concerning the priests and sacrifices all for the preserving of the honour of the sanctuary. I. That the priests should not eat the holy things in their uncleanness (Lev 22:1-9). II. That no stranger who did not belong to some family of the priests should eat of the holy things (Lev 22:10-13), and, if he did it unwittingly, he must make restitution, (Lev 22:14-16). III. That the sacrifices which were offered must be without blemish (Lev 22:17-25). IV. That they must be more than eight days old (Lev 22:26-28), and that the sacrifices of thanksgiving must be eaten the same day they were offered (Lev 22:29, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 16

נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, H5375) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative עָוֺן (ʻâvôn, H5771) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil אַשְׁמָה (ʼashmâh, H819) — guiltiness, a fault, the presentation of asin-offering אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) קֹדֶשׁ (qôdesh, H6944) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God קָדַשׁ (qâdash, H6942) — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)

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Leviticus 22:9rank 6

The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

I Peter 2:24rank 3

He 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 7:18rank 2

If 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.

Leviticus 20:8rank 2

And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Psalms 38:4rank 2

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

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