John Calvin Commentary Leviticus 22:32

"And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you," — Leviticus 22:32 (ASV)

Neither shall you profane. In forbidding the profanation of His name, He confirms in other words the preceding sentiment, thereby guarding His worship from all corruptions, so that it may be maintained in purity and integrity. The same is also the purpose of the clause in apposition that immediately follows; for they hallow God’s name who do not turn away from its rightful and sincere worship.

Let this be carefully observed, that whatever fancies people devise are so many profanations of God’s name; for although the superstitious may please themselves with their imaginations, yet all their religion is full of sacrilege, by which God complains that His holiness is profaned.

Note also the mutual relation when God requires Himself to be hallowed, just as He hallows the people; for nothing can be more unseemly than for the Israelites to mingle Him with idols—Him by whose blessing they excel all other nations. It is as if He commanded them to reflect on from where their superiority proceeded, so that they might pay their debt of gratitude to Him who is its author. In sum, since He had separated them from pagan nations, He condemns all wicked blending with them, by which the integrity of religion is corrupted, so that He alone may have the pre-eminence, and all idols may be repudiated.²²⁴

²²⁴ Addition in French,” Et reboutees bien loin.”