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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 21:15

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Marriage;   Minister, Christian;   Priest;   Sanctification;   Uncleanness;   The Topic Concordance - Priests;   Sanctification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - High Priest, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Leviticus;   Love;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Law in the Old Testament;   Leviticus;   Priest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holiness;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.
King James Version
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.
Lexham English Bible
And he shall not profane his offspring among his people, because I am Yahweh, who consecrates him.'"
New Century Version
so the people will respect his children as his own. I am the Lord . I have set the high priest apart for his special job.'"
New English Translation
He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.'"
Amplified Bible
so that he will not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies the high priest.'"
New American Standard Bible
so that he will not profane his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neyther shall he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lorde which sanctifie him.
Legacy Standard Bible
so that he will not profane his seed among his people; for I am Yahweh who makes him holy.'"
Contemporary English Version
In this way, your descendants will be qualified to serve me. Remember—I am the Lord , and I have chosen you.
Complete Jewish Bible
and not disqualify his descendants among his people; because I am Adonai , who makes him holy.'"
Darby Translation
And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.
Easy-to-Read Version
In this way people will show respect for his children. I, the Lord , have separated the high priest for his special work."
English Standard Version
that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him."
George Lamsa Translation
Neither shall he profane his descendants among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.
Good News Translation
Otherwise, his children, who ought to be holy, will be ritually unclean. I am the Lord and I have set him apart as the High Priest."
Christian Standard Bible®
so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart.”
Literal Translation
and he shall not pollute his seed among his people; for I am Jehovah who sanctifies him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yt he vnhalowe not his sede amonge his people. For I am ye LORDE, which sanctifie him.
American Standard Version
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
Bible in Basic English
And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neither shal he defile his seede among his people: for I am the Lorde whiche sanctifie hym.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.
King James Version (1611)
Neither shal he prophane his seed among his people: for I the Lord doe sanctifie him.
English Revised Version
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD which sanctify him.
Berean Standard Bible
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
medle he not the generacioun of his kyn to the comyn puple of his folk, for Y am the Lord, that `halewe hym.
Young's Literal Translation
and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'
Update Bible Version
And he shall not profane his seed among his relatives: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
World English Bible
He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.
New King James Version
Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the LORD sanctify him."'
New Living Translation
so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the Lord who makes him holy."
New Life Bible
By doing this he will not sin against his children among his people. For I am the Lord Who makes him holy.'"
New Revised Standard
that he may not profane his offspring among his kin; for I am the Lord ; I sanctify him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk, - For I - Yahweh, do hallow him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of this nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
Revised Standard Version
that he may not profane his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'"

Contextual Overview

10 And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments: 11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother. 12 And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God is upon him: I am the Lord. 13 He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe. 14 But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people. 15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I am the Lord that sanctifies him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

profane: Genesis 18:19, Ezra 2:62, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 13:23-29, Malachi 2:11, Malachi 2:15, Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 7:14

for I the: Leviticus 21:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:44 - sanctify also Leviticus 10:3 - I will be Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Ezekiel 20:12 - I am Malachi 2:8 - ye have corrupted

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:14
And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, to Abraam, saying, God is with thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest do.
Genesis 21:25
And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away.
2 Kings 3:9
And the king of Israel went, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey; and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that went with them.
Psalms 63:1
O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!
Isaiah 44:12
For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
Jeremiah 14:3
And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people,.... By marrying any such persons, whereby his children, born of them, would lie under disgrace, and be unfit to succeed him in the priesthood, or by marrying among mean persons, or by marrying them to such as were unlawful, and would be a disparagement to them:

for I the Lord do sanctify him; separate him from all others, to the high and sacred office of the high priesthood, and am concerned for his honour and holiness; and therefore it became him to observe these laws and rules, and abstain from such disagreeable marriages.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Profane his seed - i. e. by a marriage which was not in keeping with the holiness of his office.


 
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