Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,
- BSB You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
- NKJV You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
- NASB “And you shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the Lord who sanctifies you,
- NLT Do not bring shame on my holy name, for I will display my holiness among the people of Israel. I am the Lord who makes you holy.
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Quick answer
Israel must not profane God's holy name; He will be honored as holy among them, for He is the one who makes them holy.
Overview
God's name, His revealed character, must be guarded by lives that reflect His holiness rather than defile it. The verse joins God's resolve to be hallowed among His people with His work of sanctifying them. Jesus teaches us to pray 'hallowed be your name' (Matthew 6:9), and through Him God's people are truly made holy.
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Cross-references · 13
- Luke 11:2And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
- Lev 18:21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
- Lev 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
- Matt 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
- John 17:17Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- Lev 22:2Speak 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.
- Lev 20:8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
- Exod 19:5–6Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Lev 21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Lev 21:8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
- 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Lev 22:16Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
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