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Leviticus Chapter 22

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Leviticus

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In Leviticus 22 the Israelites are commanded to observe strict purity laws that govern social conduct and ritual impurity, such as prohibitions against defiling the altar, the priest, or the people, and rules for the proper use of the sacrificial lamb. The chapter also outlines penalties for breaking these laws, emphasizing that the community’s well‑being depends on maintaining cleanliness and respect for God’s holiness. These regulations reflect the covenant’s demand for reverence and obedience in daily life.

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(1) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(2) Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 22:3Leviticus 22:4Leviticus 22:5Leviticus 22:6Leviticus 15:31Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:4Numbers 6:5Numbers 6:6Numbers 6:7Numbers 6:8Leviticus 22:32

(3) Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 7:20Leviticus 7:21Exodus 33:14Exodus 33:15Psalms 16:11Psalms 51:11Matthew 25:41II Thessalonians 1:9

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Matthew 1:17Genesis 17:7Genesis 26:4Leviticus 21:17Leviticus 22:4Jeremiah 33:26

(4) What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
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Leviticus 13:2Leviticus 13:3Leviticus 13:44Leviticus 13:45Leviticus 13:46Leviticus 15:2Leviticus 15:3Leviticus 2:3Leviticus 2:10Leviticus 6:25Leviticus 6:26Leviticus 6:27

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Leviticus 15:32Leviticus 11:27

(5) Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
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Leviticus 11:24Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 15:7Leviticus 15:19

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Leviticus 5:2Numbers 19:22Philippians 4:8Leviticus 5:3Numbers 19:13Leviticus 7:21

(6) The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
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Leviticus 11:24Leviticus 11:25Leviticus 15:5Leviticus 16:24Leviticus 16:25Leviticus 16:26Leviticus 16:27Leviticus 16:28Numbers 19:7Numbers 19:8Numbers 19:9Numbers 19:10

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Leviticus 5:2Leviticus 11:40Leviticus 11:28Leviticus 15:10Leviticus 15:27I Kings 6:27

(7) And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
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Leviticus 21:22Numbers 18:11Numbers 18:12Numbers 18:13Numbers 18:14Numbers 18:15Numbers 18:16Numbers 18:17Numbers 18:18Numbers 18:19Deuteronomy 18:3Deuteronomy 18:4

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Genesis 41:48

(8) That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 17:15Exodus 22:31Deuteronomy 14:21Ezekiel 44:31

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Isaiah 10:15Leviticus 7:24Leviticus 17:15Ezekiel 4:14Ecclesiastes 3:19

(9) 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.
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Leviticus 10:1Leviticus 10:2Leviticus 16:2Exodus 28:43Numbers 18:22Numbers 18:32

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Leviticus 10:6Numbers 4:15Numbers 18:22Numbers 18:32II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4

(10) 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.
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I Samuel 21:6Matthew 12:4

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Leviticus 25:47

(11) 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.
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Genesis 17:13Numbers 18:11Numbers 18:12Numbers 18:13

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Deuteronomy 2:6II Kings 12:4Isaiah 55:1Deuteronomy 2:28II Kings 16:15Ezra 7:17

(12) If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
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Leviticus 21:3Isaiah 40:13

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Luke 12:53Genesis 36:2Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 22:13Numbers 18:7

(13) 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.
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Genesis 38:11Leviticus 10:14Numbers 18:11Numbers 18:12Numbers 18:13Numbers 18:14Numbers 18:15Numbers 18:16Numbers 18:17Numbers 18:18Numbers 18:19

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Genesis 38:11Numbers 30:16Genesis 31:1Genesis 46:31Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 18:12

(14) 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.
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Leviticus 5:15Leviticus 5:16Leviticus 5:17Leviticus 5:18Leviticus 5:19Leviticus 27:13Leviticus 27:15

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Revelation 8:12Ruth 3:13I Samuel 30:24II Samuel 18:2Ezekiel 5:2Ezekiel 5:12

(15) And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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Leviticus 22:9Leviticus 19:8Numbers 18:32Ezekiel 22:26

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Malachi 1:8

(16) Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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Leviticus 7:18Psalms 38:4Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:12I Peter 2:24Leviticus 22:9Leviticus 20:8

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Numbers 18:1Ezekiel 18:20Numbers 5:31II Samuel 18:20Ezekiel 4:4Ezekiel 4:5

(17) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(18) Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
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Leviticus 1:2Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 17:10Leviticus 17:13Numbers 15:14Numbers 15:15Numbers 15:16Leviticus 7:16Leviticus 23:38Numbers 15:3Deuteronomy 12:6Psalms 22:25

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Numbers 29:39Philippians 4:8I Kings 8:64Malachi 1:8Leviticus 17:5Leviticus 19:5

(19) Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
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Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 4:32Exodus 12:5Matthew 27:4Matthew 27:19Matthew 27:24Matthew 27:54Luke 23:14Luke 23:41Luke 23:47John 19:4

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Exodus 12:5Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 3:1Leviticus 21:21Numbers 6:14

(20) But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
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Leviticus 22:25Deuteronomy 15:21Deuteronomy 17:1Malachi 1:8Malachi 1:13Malachi 1:14

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Philippians 4:8Leviticus 21:21Numbers 6:14Leviticus 11:42Leviticus 22:18Leviticus 1:3

(21) And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
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Leviticus 3:1Leviticus 3:6Leviticus 7:11Leviticus 7:12Leviticus 7:13Leviticus 7:14Leviticus 7:15Leviticus 7:16Leviticus 7:17Leviticus 7:18Leviticus 7:19Leviticus 7:20

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Numbers 29:39I Kings 8:64Leviticus 7:29Exodus 20:24Leviticus 7:18Numbers 6:14

(22) Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 22:20Leviticus 21:18Leviticus 21:19Leviticus 21:20Leviticus 21:21Malachi 1:8Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 1:13Leviticus 3:3Leviticus 3:5

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Malachi 1:8Matthew 15:14Leviticus 21:20Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Matthew 15:30

(23) Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
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Leviticus 21:18

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Deuteronomy 30:20Exodus 29:39Numbers 28:4Revelation 3:18Leviticus 22:21Leviticus 3:7

(24) Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.
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Leviticus 22:20Deuteronomy 23:1

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Malachi 1:8

(25) Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you.
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Numbers 15:14Numbers 15:15Numbers 15:16Numbers 16:40Ezra 6:8Ezra 6:9Ezra 6:10Leviticus 21:6Leviticus 21:8Leviticus 21:21Leviticus 21:22Malachi 1:7

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Malachi 1:8

(26) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(27) When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Leviticus 22:25Leviticus 12:2Leviticus 12:3Leviticus 19:23Leviticus 19:24Exodus 22:30

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Exodus 22:1Exodus 22:30John 10:12

(28) And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
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Exodus 23:19Exodus 34:26Deuteronomy 14:21Deuteronomy 22:6Deuteronomy 22:7

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Deuteronomy 22:6Romans 14:8I Corinthians 13:8

(29) And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
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Leviticus 7:12Leviticus 7:13Leviticus 7:14Leviticus 7:15Psalms 107:22Psalms 116:17Hosea 14:2Amos 4:5Hebrews 13:15I Peter 2:5

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Leviticus 7:12Malachi 1:8Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 3:1Leviticus 19:5Numbers 6:17

(30) On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 7:15Leviticus 7:16Leviticus 7:17Leviticus 7:18Leviticus 19:7Exodus 16:19Exodus 16:20

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Leviticus 7:16Joel 1:4

(31) Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 18:4Leviticus 18:5Leviticus 19:37Numbers 15:40Deuteronomy 4:40I Thessalonians 4:1I Thessalonians 4:2

(32) Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
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Leviticus 22:2Leviticus 18:21Leviticus 10:3Isaiah 5:16Matthew 6:9Luke 11:2Leviticus 22:16Leviticus 20:8Leviticus 21:8Leviticus 21:15Exodus 19:5Exodus 19:6

(33) That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 11:45Leviticus 19:36Leviticus 25:38Exodus 6:7Exodus 20:2Numbers 15:41

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