Leviticus 21:15

In 11 translations

BSB

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

KJV

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

WEB

He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”

ASV

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

LSV

and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”

YLT

and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

DBY

And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

DRC

He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

GNV

Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctifie him.

JPS

And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.

LXXE

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I am the Lord that sanctifies him.

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WLC

וְלֹֽא־יְחַלֵּ֥ל זַרְע֖וֹ בְּעַמָּ֑יו כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ οὐ βεβηλώσει τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ· ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζων αὐτόν.

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• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ezra 2:62These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
• 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.”
• Nehemiah 13:23–29In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. I rebuked them…
• 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.
• 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…

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