Leviticus 22:25
And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption is in them; blemish is in them; they are not pleasing for you.'This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- מִשְׁחָתmishchâthdisfigurement
- מאוּםmʼûwmto stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
- נֵכָרnêkârforeign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- קָרַבqârabto approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mal 1:12–14, Num 15:14–16, Lev 21:6, Ezr 6:8–10, Mal 1:7–8, Lev 21:8, Eph 2:12, Num 16:40