Leviticus 21:9

And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

In Context

8And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them am holy.

10And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments:

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Cross References

Genesis 38:24And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt.

Leviticus 20:14Whosoever shall take a woman and her mother, it is iniquity: they shall burn him and them with fire; so there shall not be iniquity among you.

Joshua 7:25And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee + 7:25 Gr. as also to-day.as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

1 Samuel 2:34And this which shall come upon thy two sons Ophni and Phinees shall be a sign to thee; in one day they shall both die.

Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place?

Malachi 2:3Behold, + 2:3 Gr. separate the shoulder from you.I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10

Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →

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