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15 The priests shall not allow the sacred offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord to be profaned(A) 16 nor make them incur a penalty when they eat their sacred offerings. For I, the Lord, make them holy.

Unacceptable Victims. 17 [a]The Lord said to Moses:

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Footnotes

  1. 22:17–25 This passage complements the section on the bodily imperfections of priests in 21:16–23. The laws taken together indicate that whoever and whatever approaches and contacts the altar needs to be physically unimpaired.