Leviticus 21:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.””
A short, plain-language explanation of Leviticus 21:15 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, sanctifying him.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Exodus 34:16And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
- Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
- Leviticus 22:16by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
- Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
- Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- Malachi 2:11Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
- Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Romans 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
- 1 Corinthians 7:14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
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