Leviticus 19:29
Do not profane thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am LORD.
30Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am LORD.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a woman who is a harlot, or profane, neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband, for he is holy to his God.
Deuteronomy 23:18Thou shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of LORD thy God for any vow, for even both these are an abomination to LORD thy God.
1 Corinthians 6:15Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen!
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:20-30
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of… Read the whole commentary →