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“‘They shall not marry[a] a woman who is a prostitute and defiled, nor shall they marry[b] a woman divorced from her husband, because each priest[c] 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.

“‘As for[d] the daughter of any priest, if she is defiled by prostituting, she is disgracing her father—she shall be burned in the fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:7 Literally “take”
  2. Leviticus 21:7 Literally “take”
  3. Leviticus 21:7 Hebrew “he”; singular antecedent specified from the context
  4. Leviticus 21:9 Or “And”

“‘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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