6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
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And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? …
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)It was before appointed that the priests should teach the people the statutes God had given concerning the difference between clean and unclean , Lev. 10:10 , 11 . Now here it is provided that they should themselves observe what they were to teach the people. Note, Those whose office it is to instruct must do it by example as well as precept, 1 Tim. 4:12. The priests were to draw nearer to God tha…
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