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“They are not to marry[a] a prostitute or a woman who has been dishonored or who was divorced from her husband, because the priest[b] is holy to his God. Consecrate him, because he’s the one who offers the food of your God. He is to be holy for you, because I, the Lord, the one who sanctifies you, am holy.

“Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.

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  1. Leviticus 21:7 Or take
  2. Leviticus 21:7 Lit. he

“‘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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