Leviticus 21:15
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Webster Bible
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 to Moses, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 34:16And thou take of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters go astray after their gods, and make thy sons go astray after their gods.
Leviticus 20:7Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 22:16Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Malachi 2:15And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none 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 →