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◄ Leviticus 22:9►

New International Version
“’The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.

New Living Translation
“The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the LORD who makes them holy.

English Standard Version
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

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

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
‘They shall therefore keep My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD sanctify them.

New American Standard Bible
They shall therefore performtheir duty to Me, so that they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

NASB 1995
‘They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

NASB 1977
‘They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they may not bear sin because of it, and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Legacy Standard Bible
They shall therefore keep My charge so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am Yahweh who makes them holy.

Amplified Bible
Therefore the priests shall observe My ordinance, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die if they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Christian Standard Bible
They must keep my instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am the LORD who sets them apart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They must keep My instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am Yahweh who sets them apart.”

American Standard Version
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

Contemporary English Version
Obey me, or you will die on duty for disgracing the place of worship. Remember--I am the LORD, the one who makes a priest holy.

English Revised Version
They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the LORD which sanctify them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The priests must do what I order, or their sin will bring them death because they dishonored a holy offering. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy.

Good News Translation
"All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will become guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the LORD and I make them holy.

International Standard Version
They are to keep my charge. By doing so, they won't bear the punishment of sin because of it and therefore die if they've been defiled by it. I am the LORD, who sets them apart."

NET Bible
They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

New Heart English Bible
"'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die because of it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Majority Text Translations

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

World English Bible
“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they defile it; I [am] YHWH sanctifying them.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I am Jehovah sanctifying them.

Smith's Literal Translation
And they watched my watches, and they bore not sin upon it, and they died when they profaned it: I Jehovah consecrating them.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
Let them keep my precepts, that they may not fall into sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they shall have defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let them observe my precepts, so that they may not fall under sin, and die in the Sanctuary, when they will have defiled it. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.

New American Bible
They shall keep my charge so that they will not bear the punishment in this matter and die for their profanation. I am the LORD who makes them holy.

New Revised Standard Version
They shall keep my charge, so that they may not incur guilt and die in the sanctuary for having profaned it: I am the LORD; I sanctify them.

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
They shall therefore keep my ordinances, lest they bear sins for it and die because of them, if they had profaned themselves; I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall observe my observances, lest they shall take sins upon themselves, and they die in themselves, because they polluted their souls; I AM LORD JEHOVAH, I who hallow them.

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
They shall therefore keep My charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctify them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they shall keep my ordinances, that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if they shall profane them: Iam the Lord God that sanctifies them.

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Audio Bible

Context

Restrictions Against the Unclean
…8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.9The priests must keep My charge,lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it.I am the LORD who sanctifies them.10No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.…

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Cross References

Exodus 28:43
Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.

Numbers 18:22-23
No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die. / The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

Numbers 18:32
Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

Leviticus 10:1-2
Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. / So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Leviticus 10:6-7
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited. / You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.

Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Deuteronomy 24:8
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

1 Samuel 6:19
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.

2 Samuel 6:6-7
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled. / And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

2 Chronicles 26:16-21
But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. / Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him. / They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.” ...

Ezekiel 44:8-9
And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but have appointed others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

Ezekiel 44:15-16
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD. / They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.

Matthew 5:19
So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:3
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Luke 12:47-48
That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. / But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

Treasury of Scripture

They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 10:1,2
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not…

Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holyplace within the vail before the mercy seat, whichis upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

Exodus 28:43
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holyplace; that they bear not iniquity, and die:it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

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Leviticus 22

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26.The age of the sacrifice
29.The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

Study Bible

Book ◦ Chapter

The priests must keep My charge
The role of the priests in ancient Israel was to serve as mediators between God and the people. "Keep My charge" refers to the responsibilities and duties assigned to them, particularly in maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle and later the temple. This charge included offering sacrifices, maintaining purity, and teaching the law. The concept of keeping God's charge is echoed inGenesis 26:5, where Abraham is commended for obeying God's commands, statutes, and laws. The priests' adherence to these duties was crucial for the spiritual health of the nation.

lest they bear the guilt and die
The consequences for failing to uphold their duties were severe. Bearing guilt implies taking on the responsibility for sin, which in this context, could lead to death. This reflects the holiness required in approaching God, as seen in the deaths of Nadab and Abihu inLeviticus 10:1-2, who offered unauthorized fire before the Lord. The seriousness of this command underscores the holiness of God and the need for reverence in worship.

because they profane it
To profane something is to treat it with irreverence or disrespect. The priests were to ensure that the sacred rituals and objects were treated with the utmost respect. Profaning the sacred duties would not only dishonor God but also lead to the defilement of the community. This concept is further illustrated inEzekiel 22:26, where the priests are condemned for failing to distinguish between the holy and the common.

I am the LORD who sanctifies them
This phrase emphasizes God's role in setting the priests apart for their sacred duties. Sanctification is the process of being made holy, and it is God who initiates and completes this process. The declaration "I am the LORD" is a reminder of God's authority and covenant relationship with Israel. This sanctification is a type of the work of Christ, who sanctifies believers through His sacrifice, as seen inHebrews 10:10. The priests' sanctification was both a privilege and a responsibility, highlighting their unique role in God's plan.

Persons / Places / Events

1.Priests
The descendants of Aaron, chosen by God to serve in the tabernacle and later in the temple, responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the holiness of the sacred space.

2.Sacred Offerings
These are the offerings brought by the Israelites to the tabernacle or temple, which were to be handled with utmost reverence and care by the priests.

3.The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant name of God, emphasizing His role as the one who sanctifies and sets apart His people for His purposes.

4.Tabernacle/Temple
The central place of worship for the Israelites, where the presence of God dwelt and where the priests performed their duties.

5.Sanctification
The process of being made holy, set apart for God's purposes, which is a central theme in the book of Leviticus.

Teaching Points

Holiness in Service
The priests were required to maintain a standard of holiness in their service, reflecting the holiness of God. As believers, we are called to serve God with reverence and purity in our lives.

The Seriousness of Sin
The warning of death for desecrating sacred offerings underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance and reverence in our approach to God.

God as Sanctifier
God is the one who sanctifies His people. Our efforts to live holy lives are empowered by His grace and presence in our lives.

Responsibility of Leadership
Spiritual leaders have a responsibility to uphold God's standards and lead by example, ensuring that their actions do not lead others into sin.

The Role of Obedience
Obedience to God's commands is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him and experiencing His blessings.

Bible Study Questions and Answers

1.What is the meaning of Leviticus 22:9?

2.How does Leviticus 22:9 emphasize the importance of following God's commandments?

3.What are the consequences for priests not keeping God's requirements in Leviticus 22:9?

4.How does Leviticus 22:9 relate to the concept of holiness in 1 Peter 1:16?

5.In what ways can we apply the principles of Leviticus 22:9 today?

6.How does Leviticus 22:9 highlight the seriousness of approaching God with reverence?

7.What does Leviticus 22:9 reveal about the importance of priestly duties and holiness?

8.How does Leviticus 22:9 emphasize the consequences of neglecting divine commandments?

9.Why is the concept of purity so crucial in Leviticus 22:9?

10.What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 22?

11.How do Leviticus 22’s rules compare with New Testament teachings on grace and accessibility for all believers?

12.In Leviticus 9:7-8, how can the idea that priests make atonement for the people be squared with Hebrews 10:4, which says animal sacrifices can't truly remove sin?

13.How does the acceptance of ritually unclean participants in 2 Chronicles 30:17-20 fit with strict purification laws found elsewhere in the Old Testament?

14.How does atonement restore our relationship with God?

What Does Leviticus 22:9 Mean

The priests must keep My charge

– God’s “charge” is His specific, non-negotiable instructions for priestly service (Exodus 27:21;Leviticus 8:35;Numbers 3:7–8, 18:4–5).

– “Keep” implies vigilant guarding; the priests were spiritual watchmen.

– Obedience was an act of love and loyalty, not mere ritual (1 Samuel 15:22;John 14:15).

– Today, every believer-priest (1 Peter 2:9) is likewise called to guard God’s Word and ways.

lest they bear the guilt and die

– Disobedience carried personal liability; the priest, not the worshiper, would “bear the guilt” (Numbers 18:1, 22).

– The warning proved literal when Nadab and Abihu died for offering “unauthorized fire” (Leviticus 10:1–3).

– God’s holiness makes sin deadly serious (Romans 6:23).

– Mercy does not nullify accountability; it invites us to heed the warning.

because they profane it

– “Profane” means to treat what is holy as common (Leviticus 22:2–3;Malachi 1:6–7).

– Any careless handling of sacrifices, offerings, or temple space blurred the line between sacred and secular.

– New-covenant believers risk similar judgment if they approach the Lord’s Table irreverently (1 Corinthians 11:27–30).

– Reverence safeguards life; irreverence endangers it.

I am the LORD who sanctifies them

– The same God who commands holiness provides it (Leviticus 20:8; 21:8;Exodus 31:13).

– “Sanctifies” speaks of God setting the priests apart for His exclusive use—He supplies both status and strength.

– Jesus echoes the truth: “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth” (John 17:17).

– Our holiness is rooted in His character and secured by Christ’s sacrifice (Hebrews 10:10).

summary

Leviticus 22:9 presents a clear pattern: God grants a sacred calling, demands faithful guardianship, warns of real consequences for irreverence, and supplies the sanctifying power needed to obey. Holiness is both our duty and His gift; life and blessing flow when we honor what He has declared holy.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

[The priests] must keep
וְשָׁמְר֣וּ(wə·šā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8104:To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

My charge,
מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י(miš·mar·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4931:A guard, watch, charge, function

lest
וְלֹֽא־(wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808:Not, no

they bear
יִשְׂא֤וּ(yiś·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375:To lift, carry, take

the guilt
חֵ֔טְא(ḥêṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2399:A crime, its penalty

and die
וּמֵ֥תוּ(ū·mê·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4191:To die, to kill

because
כִּ֣י(kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588:A relative conjunction

they profane it.
יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּ(yə·ḥal·lə·lu·hū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2490:To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

I
אֲנִ֥י(’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589:I

am the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה(Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who sanctifies them.
מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃(mə·qad·də·šām)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6942:To be set apart or consecrated

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OT Law: Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore follow my requirements lest (Le Lv Lev.)