Leviticus 21:15
And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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Cross References
Exodus 34:16Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.
Leviticus 20:7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 22:16So causing sin to come on them when they take their holy things for food: I am the Lord who make them holy.
Ezra 9:2For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
Nehemiah 13:29Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.
Malachi 2:15... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:11-16
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord . 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a… Read the whole commentary →