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and [so] cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
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Leaders Protect the Flock
Commentators explain that this verse places a heavy responsibility on the priests. Their duty was not only to maintain their own purity but also to guard the holy offerings so carefully that they did not, through negligence, cause the people to sin by improperly eating them. This highlights the duty of spiritual leaders to protect their flock from stumbling.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses are rather difficult. Their meaning appears to be: "The holy things of the children of Israel which are heaved before Yahweh () must n…
19th Century
Anglican
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass. —Better, Moreover, they shall not cause them to bear the iniquity.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass The punishment of sin: either the strangers, when they eat th…
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In this chapter, we have various laws concerning the priests and sacrifices, all for preserving the honour of the sanctuary. Let us recollect with …
