NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They shall therefore keepshamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. mine ordinance mishmereth (mish-mer'-reth) watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party -- charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch. lest they bear nasa' (naw-saw') to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows) sin chet' (khate) a crime or its penalty -- fault, grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin. for it and die muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill therefore if they profane chalal (khaw-lal') to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an opening wedge) instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. it I the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. do sanctify qadash (kaw-dash') to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible 'They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible They must keep My instruction, or they will be guilty and die because they profane it; I am Yahweh who sets them apart." International Standard Version They are to keep my charge. By doing so, they won't bear the punishment of sin because of it and therefore die if they've been defiled by it. I am the LORD, who sets them apart." NET Bible They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. GOD'S WORD® Translation The priests must do what I order, or their sin will bring them death because they dishonored a holy offering. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy. King James 2000 Bible They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. Links Leviticus 22:9Leviticus 22:9 NIV Leviticus 22:9 NLT Leviticus 22:9 ESV Leviticus 22:9 NASB Leviticus 22:9 KJV |