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Leviticus 21:6
New English Translation
Leviticus 21:6
New English Translation
6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane[a] the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts,[b] the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.[c]
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- Leviticus 21:6 sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.
- Leviticus 21:6 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).
- Leviticus 21:6 tc Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”
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