10117. 'Because it is holy' means what is Divine, to which it must not be joined, because that would result in profanation. This is clear from the meaning of 'holy' as that which is Divine, dealt with above in 10111. The reason why it must not be joined to what is Divine is that 'any of the flesh and bread that is left' means that which has not been joined, 10114, and so also that which must not be joined. That which must not be joined is the human self, which is nothing other than evil, see above in 10115; and if what is Divine is joined to the human self, and so to what is evil, it is rendered profane, 6348, 9298. This is why it says, in Leviticus 19:7-8, that whoever eats what is left till morning profanes Jehovah's holy offering, and that that soul shall be cut off from his people; and also, in Leviticus 7:19, that the flesh of a sacrifice that touches any unclean thing shall be burned with fire. From this it is now evident that profaning that which is holy is meant by eating the flesh and bread of the sacrifice on the following day.

10111. 'To sanctify them' means in order that they may be in possession of truths from good which come from the Lord. This is clear from the meaning of 'being sanctified' as representing the Lord and the holy things which come from Him, dealt with in 9956, 9988, and so in the spiritual sense as being led by the Lord, since the Lord alone is holy and He is the source of everything holy, 8806, 9229, 9479, 9688, 9818, 9820. From this it is evident that receiving truths through good from the Lord, thus receiving faith through love derived from Him and shown towards Him, is meant by being sanctified. Not that the person regarded in himself is therefore holy; only the Lord present with Him is holy. For faith and love constitute the Lord's presence with a person, since He is the one to whom unceasingly they owe their existence.