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Leviticus 19:29

19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane

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“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. ¶

19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

What does Leviticus 19:29 mean?

Leviticus 19:29 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָלַל (châlal), בַּת (bath), זָנָה (zânâh).

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Do
not
prostituteחָלַלchâlal/khaw-lal'/H2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
thy
daughter,בַּתbath/bath/H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
to
cause
her
to
be
a
whore;זָנָהzânâh/zaw-naw'/H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
lest
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
fall
to
whoredom,זָנָהzânâh/zaw-naw'/H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
and
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
become
fullמָלֵאmâlêʼ/maw-lay'/H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
of
wickedness.זִמָּהzimmâh/zim-maw'/H2154a plan, especially a bad one
prostitute:
Heb.
profane

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 19:29.

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 6:1

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 6:11

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Leviticus 21:9

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Numbers 25:1

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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What does Leviticus 19:29 say?

Leviticus 19:29 (King James Version) reads: "Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. prostitute: Heb. profane"

Is Leviticus 19:29 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 19:29 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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