Leviticus 22:2 (BSB)

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.

From Leviticus 22. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Leviticus 22:2

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Leviticus 22:1-9: Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the priests' work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things: and the Jewish writers say that "to keep them from idleness they were employed in the wood-room, to pick out that which was worm-eaten, that it might not be used in the fire upon the altar; they might also be employed...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Leviticus 22:2: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,.... The priests; the children of Israel or the common people are not mentioned, as having no concern in the following laws about eating holy things: that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel; both from offering their lawful sacrifices, which was the business of their office when pure, and chiefly from eating that...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Leviticus 22:2: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD. (a) Meaning, that the priests abstain from eating, as long as they are polluted.
  • Adam Clarke (Methodist), Clarke's Commentary on the Bible on Leviticus 22:2: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves - The same subject is continued in this chapter as in the preceding, with this addition, that besides the perfection of the priests, it was indispensably necessary that the sacrifices also should be perfect. In the service of God, according to the law, neither an imperfect offering nor an imperfect offerer could be admitted.