Leviticus 22:16 KJV

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Old Words

  • suffer to allow; to permit (also to undergo)

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

Parallel Passages

  • Leviticus 10:17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Leviticus 22:9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
  • 1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
  • Leviticus 7:18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
  • Leviticus 20:8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
  • Psalms 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Strong’s Numbers

  • Or suffer them to bear נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
  • the iniquity עָוֺן ʻâvôn
  • of trespass אַשְׁמָה ʼashmâh
  • when they eat אָכַל ʼâkal
  • their holy things קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh
  • for I the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • do sanctify קָדַשׁ qâdash

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