Leviticus 21:6

21:6 “ ‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane9 the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts,10 the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.11

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9	sn Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.
10	sn Regarding the Hebrew term for “gifts,” see the note on Lev 1:9 above (cf. also 3:11 and 16 in combination with the word for “food” that follows in the next phrase here).
11	tc Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”