The Law of the Holy Gifts in the Bible
In Leviticus 22:3, the LORD Commands to Kill anyone who approaches the holy gifts while he is unclean, or to Kill the unclean one who goes to the holy things or who approaches the sacred offerings that the people consecrate to the LORD
The difference in wording is due to the different translations.
Leviticus 22:3 in different versions of the Bible
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3"Say to them, '(A)If any man among all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD.
New International Version (NIV)
3 "Say to them: 'For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
King James Version (KJV)
3Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
English Standard Version (ESV)
3Say to them, 'If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while(A) he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the Lord, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the Lord.
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The Law of the Holy Gifts in the Quran
There is nothing in the Quran saying:
Kill the unclean one who approaches the holy gifts which the people dedicate to the LORD, or
Kill the unclean one who goes to the holy things that the people consecrate to the LORD, or
Kill the unclean one who approaches the sacred offerings that the people consecrate to the LORD
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What if the Quran was the Book which commands to kill 1) the Uncircumcised, 2) the curser of his parents, 3) the gay, 4) the Zoosexual 5) the worker in the Sabbath! 6) Whosoever tries to turn you away from the LORD and 7) all who live in that town, 8) the prophet, 9) all the Midianites, men, women and boys, 10) the Ox and the Owner and 11) the adulterer and the adulteress and 12) who eats leavened bread, 13) who eats the meat of the sacrifice of peace, 14) who eats blood and/or 15) whosoever approaches the holy gifts while he is unclean!
What the Western Media would have said? What names they have given the Quran in such case?
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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"
About the author:
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University., Egypt.
And, President of The Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers
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