Leviticus-Chap-22-Vv-31-33
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“Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which
I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM
IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem,
which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).
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With Rabbi,
Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD
Today, we are going to look closely at certain verses, which makes a lot of sense. It is Leviticus Chapter 22, verses 31 to 33. (JPS-1917 version of the Torah). First in Hebrew, and then in English.
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם,
מִצְוֺתַי,
וַעֲשִׂיתֶם,
אֹתָם: אֲנִי,
יְהוָה
וְלֹא
תְחַלְּלוּ,
אֶת-שֵׁם
קָדְשִׁי,
וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי,
בְּתוֹךְ
בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל:
אֲנִי יְהוָה,
מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם
הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים: אֲנִי, יְהוָה
“And ye shall keep My Commandments, and do them: I am יְהוָה - the LORD. And ye shall not profane My Holy Name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am יְהוָה - the LORD who hallow you, that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your אֱלֹהִים - Elohim: I am יְהוָה - the LORD”
Looking at the
verses above from Leviticus Chapter 22, verses 31 through 33, let us take a
closer look at the details within it!
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The Closing Seal of Holiness and Redemption:
The Dual
Framework of Commandment and Name (Verses 31-32), the passage concludes this section
of Leviticus with a direct call to action: keeping and doing the Commandments,
immediately anchored by the personal Divine Name, יְהוָה - the LORD. To keep the commandments and to guard the holiness of the Name are
presented as deeply intertwined. To profane the Name is to act contrary to the
covenantal reality established at the Exodus, whereas Sanctifying
the Name involves active obedience among the congregation of
The Divine
Attribute of אֱלֹהִים - Elohim and
Redemption (Verse 33) The concluding verse grounds the entire mandate in
historical redemption: “that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your
Elohim: I am יְהוָה - the LORD”. Here, the attribute of Elohim, denoting ‘majesty’, ‘authority’, and
‘ultimate sovereignty’ is explicitly linked to the defining historical act of
deliverance. The liberation from
Rabbi ‘Moses ben Maimon’, also known as ‘Maimonides’
has a perspective on
Holiness and the blessed Name In his philosophical and legal writings,
Maimonides emphasizes that the Sanctification of the Divine Name are
foundational pillars of ethical and religious life. He views the observance of
the commandments not as arbitrary decrees, but as a disciplined path toward
moral refinement and the acknowledgment of divine sovereignty in daily actions.
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In order to
expand on the above themes and see how they are reinforced elsewhere in the
Torah, below are additional verses from the Torah that enrich and complement’s
the very three verses above.
Suggested Additional Verses:
Leviticus 19:2:
“Speak unto all the congregation of the
children of
Why it connects: This sets the foundational expectation
for Holiness that echoes directly into the call to sanctify אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’s Name in
chapter 22.
Leviticus 20:8:
“And ye shall keep My Statutes, and do them: I am יְהוָה - the LORD who sanctify you."
Why it connects: It reinforces the direct phrase and
Divine authority behind the command to perform the statutes, anchoring action
directly to the identity of יְהוָה - the LORD.
Leviticus
22:2-3:
“Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they
separate themselves from the holy things of the children of
Why it connects: Looking slightly earlier in the exact
same chapter, this verse provides the specific context for what it means to
guard the holiness of the Divine name in practice. And that is of course
obvious, for we may only use it in ‘prayer’, ‘reading the blessed Torah’ and
during ‘blessings’, etc.
Numbers 15:40-41:
“That ye may remember, and do all My
Commandments, and be Holy unto your אֱלֹהִים -
Elohim. I am יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֵיכֶם - the LORD your Eloheichem, who brought you
out of the
Why it connects: This mirrors the exact historical and
theological anchor used at the close of Leviticus 22, verse 33, related to the
Exodus from
Ancient priests and rabbi, removed the use of
the blessed Name, however that was against what our beloved אֱלֹהִים יְהוָה - the LORD Elohim so clearly told us in the
Tanakh, through His prophets!
Jeremiah 29:12. “And ye shall call upon Me, and go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you”.
Isaiah 55:6. “Seek ye יְהוָה - the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near”.
Joel 3:5. “And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the Name of יְהוָה - the LORD shall be delivered...”
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“The More Torah, the More Life”,
For Elohim is the One who
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