Leviticus 19:29
27 You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
28 You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
30 You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.
31 You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
- KJV
- Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- WEB
- “‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
- ASV
- Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- DARBY
- Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.
- BLB
- You shall not profane your daughter by making her practice prostitution, and the land will not practice prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke vanhellige din datter ved å la henne drive hor, for at ikke landet skal drive hor og bli fullt av skjensel.
- OTB
- Ikke vanær din datter ved å gjøre henne til en prostituert, ellers vil landet bli fylt med prostitusjon og ondskap.
- B1930
- Du skal ikke vanhellige din datter ved å la henne drive hor, forat ikke landet skal drive hor og bli fullt av skjensel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 23:17–18
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
Read in contextLeviticus 21:7
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Read in contextHosea 4:12–14
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
Read in context