Leviticus 21:15
So that he may not profane his seed among his people; for I, the Lord, do sanctify him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
In Context
16And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:16And lest thou take of his daughters unto thy sons; and when his daughters go astray after their gods, they make thy sons also go astray after their gods.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 22:16And load on themselves the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things; for I am the Lord who sanctify them.
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; and the holy seed have mingled themselves with the nations of these lands; and the hand of the princes and rulers hath been the first in this trespass.
Nehemiah 13:29Remember [this] unto them, O my God, because of the defilements of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Malachi 2:15And not one doth so who hath a remnant of a [good] spirit; for what desireth such a one? he seeketh [to possess] a godly posterity: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none of you deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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 →