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Leviticus 21:15

13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

16 Then the LORD said to Moses,

17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

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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.

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BSB
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
KJV
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
WEB
He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”
ASV
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
DARBY
And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.
BLB
He shall not profane his posterity among his people. For I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”
ÅB
Han skal ikke vanhellige sin slekt blant sitt folk; for jeg er Herren, som helliger ham.
OTB
slik at han ikke vanhelliger sin ætt blant sitt folk. Jeg er Herren, som helliger ham.’»
B1930
Han skal ikke vanhellige sin ætt blandt sitt folk; for jeg er Herren, som helliger ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 11:16

    If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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  • 1 Corinthians 7:14

    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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  • Leviticus 21:8

    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

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  • Malachi 2:11

    Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

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  • Ezra 9:2

    Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

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  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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  • Ezra 2:62

    These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23–29

    In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

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