Leviticus 22:9
Leviticus · Old Testament · Chapter 22
“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
What Does Leviticus 22:9 Mean?
Leviticus 22:9 is found in the book of Leviticus, chapter 22, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Holiness, and Sanctification.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Leviticus 22:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Leviticus 10:3“Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.”Leviticus 22:16“Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.”Numbers 18:22“Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.”Exodus 28:38“And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.”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 holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.”Leviticus 10:1“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.”1 Peter 2:24“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”Exodus 29:44“And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.”Leviticus 18:30“Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.”Numbers 18:32“And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.”Hebrews 9:1“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.”Leviticus 16:2“And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.”Leviticus 16:13“And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:”Leviticus 22:15“And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;”Numbers 18:1“And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.”Numbers 9:13“But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.”
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