Leviticus 22:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die thereby, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁמְר֣וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י וְלֹֽא־יִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא וּמֵ֥תוּ ב֖וֹ כִּ֣י יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

wə-šāmərû ʾet-mišmartî wə-lōʾ-yiśʾû ʿālāyw ḥēṭʾ û-mētû bô kî yəḥallĕluhû ʾănî YHWH məqaddəšām

Grammar Details

• *wə-šāmərû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they shall keep
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *mišmartî*: noun feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my charge/obligation
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yiśʾû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall bear
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon it/him
• *ḥēṭʾ*: noun masculine singular - sin
• *û-mētû*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and die
• *bô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - by/in it
• *kî*: conjunction - because, for
• *yəḥallĕluhû*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they profane it
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *məqaddəšām*: Piel participle masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sanctifier

Word Meanings

• *šāmərû*: keep, guard, observe
• *mišmartî*: my charge, my obligation, my requirement
• *yiśʾû*: bear, carry, take up
• *ḥēṭʾ*: sin, offense, guilt
• *mētû*: die, be put to death
• *yəḥallĕluhû*: profane it, defile it, treat it as common
• *məqaddəšām*: their sanctifier, one who makes them holy

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They must keep My commands and not bear guilt by treating the holy things improperly, for if they do, they will die because of it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, st they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But let them kepe therfore myne ordynaunce lest they lade synne apo them and dye therein when they haue defyled them selues: for I am the Lorde which sanctifye them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore shal they kepe my lawe, yt they lade not synne vpon them, & dye therin, whan they vnhalowe them selues in it. For I am ye LORDE, yt halowe them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let them keepe therefore mine ordinance, least they beare their sinne for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let them kepe therefore myne ordinaunce, lest they for the same lade sinne vpon them, and dye for it, if they defile it: I the Lorde sanctifie them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I `am' Jehovah sanctifying them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 28:43 : 43 They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.
• Num 18:22 : 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
• Num 18:32 : 32 And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.
• Lev 10:1-2 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 Then fire went out from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
• Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is on the ark; that he not die: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
• Lev 22:16 : 16 Or cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.