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They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God, because they are bringing near the offerings made by fire to[a] Yahweh—their God’s food—and they shall be holy.

“‘They shall not marry[b] a woman who is a prostitute and defiled, nor shall they marry[c] a woman divorced from her husband, because each priest[d] is holy for his God. And you shall consecrate him, because he is bringing near your God’s food; he shall be holy to you, since I, Yahweh, who consecrates you, am holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:6 Hebrew “of”
  2. Leviticus 21:7 Literally “take”
  3. Leviticus 21:7 Literally “take”
  4. Leviticus 21:7 Hebrew “he”; singular antecedent specified from the context