They shall not take to wife an whore, or [a]one polluted, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for such one is holy unto his God.

Thou shalt [b]sanctify him therefore, for he offereth the [c]bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord which sanctify you, am holy.

¶ If a Priest’s daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shall she be burnt with fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:7 Which hath an evil name or is defamed.
  2. Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt count them holy and reverence them.
  3. Leviticus 21:8 The showbread.

“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,(A) because priests are holy to their God.(B) Regard them as holy,(C) because they offer up the food of your God.(D) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.(E)

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(F)

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