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Leviticus 21:15

21:14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

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

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

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

21:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

What does Leviticus 21:15 mean?

Leviticus 21:15 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָלַל (châlal), זֶרַע (zeraʻ), עַם (ʻam).

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Neither
shall
he
profaneחָלַלchâlal/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)
his
seedזֶרַעzeraʻ/zeh'-rah/H2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
among
his
people:עַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
for
I
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
do
sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash/kaw-dash'/H6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
him.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 21:15.

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos: Heb. Enosh to call: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord

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What does Leviticus 21:15 say?

Leviticus 21:15 (King James Version) reads: "Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him."

Is Leviticus 21:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 21:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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