“Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.”
Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name. I am the Lord. The holy name is at stake in the handling of the sacred offerings: the priests who mishandle the holy food profane the holy name of the God whose holy food it is. The sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate are consecrated to God — when the priests who are God's servants mishandle what is God's, they misrepresent God to the community. I am the Lord grounds the respect-requirement in the covenant identity.
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