Leviticus 21:15
+ 21:15. Lev 21:15 (#7.466): T. The Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· shall not disqualify his descendants (from serving as Cohenim ·Priests·) / R. That a Cohen Gadol ·High Priest· shall not have sexual relations with a widow, not within marriage not even as a concubine, because he profanes her He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Adonai who sanctifies him.’” (2)
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
In Context
16Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:16and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their deities, and make your sons play the prostitute after their deities.
Leviticus 20:7“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh M’Kaddesh [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes you holy]. (RY:7, LY:6)
Leviticus 22:16and so cause them to bear the depravity (moral evil) that brings trespass guilt, when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh M'Kaddesham [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes them holy].’” (3)
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 →