Leviticus 21:6

21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane 1  the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, 2  the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. 3 

Leviticus 22:9

22:9 They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it 4  and therefore die 5  because they profane it. I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

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

2 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).

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

4 tn Heb “and they will not lift up on it sin.” The pronoun “it” (masculine) apparently refers to any item of food that belongs to the category of “holy offerings” (see above).

5 tn Heb “and die in it.”