Leviticus 21:15
Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctifie him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 spake vnto Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:16And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 22:16Neither cause the people to beare the iniquitie of their trespas, while they eate their holy thing: for I the Lord do halowe them.
Ezra 9:2For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.
Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, that defile the Priesthoode, and the couenant of the Priesthoode, and of the Leuites.
Malachi 2:15And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, and let none trespasse 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 →