Leviticus 20:3

20:3 I myself will set my face 1  against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, 2  because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 3 

Leviticus 21:6

21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane 4  the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, 5  the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. 6 

Leviticus 22:2

22:2 “Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings 7  of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. 8  I am the Lord.

1 tn Heb “And I, I shall give my faces.”

2 sn On the “cut off” penalty see the notes on Lev 7:20 and 17:4.

3 tn Heb “for the sake of defiling my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.”

4 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

5 sn Regarding the Hebrew term for “gifts,” see the note on Lev 1:9 above (cf. also 3:11 and 16 in combination with the word for “food” that follows in the next phrase here).

6 tc Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”

7 tn Heb “holy things,” which means the “holy offerings” in this context, as the following verses show. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

8 tn Heb “from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they shall not profane my holy name, which they are consecrating to me.” The latter (relative) clause applies to the “the holy things of the sons of Israel” (the first clause), not the Lord’s name (i.e., the immediately preceding clause). The clause order in the translation has been rearranged to indicate this.