Leviticus 21:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In this way, your descendants will be qualified to serve me. Remember—I am the LORD, and I have chosen you.

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him to teach his family to obey me for ever and to do what is right and fair. Then I will give Abraham many descendants, just as I promised.”

Ezra 9:2

Some Israelite men have married foreign women and have let their sons do the same thing. Our own officials and leaders were the first to commit this disgusting sin, and now God's holy people are mixed with foreigners.

Exodus 34:16

Your men will even marry their women and be influenced to worship their gods.

Leviticus 19:2

to say to the community of Israel: I am the LORD your God. I am holy, and you must be holy too!

Leviticus 20:7

Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 21:14

from your own tribe. Don't marry a divorced woman or any other woman who has already had sex, including a temple prostitute.

Leviticus 21:16

The LORD told Moses

Leviticus 21:8

because I am holy. And so, you must be treated with proper respect, since you offer food sacrifices to me, the God of holiness.

Leviticus 22:16

Don't let them become guilty of eating this sacred food. Remember—I am the LORD, the one who makes these offerings holy.

Malachi 2:11

You people in Judah and Jerusalem have been unfaithful to the LORD. You have disgraced the temple that he loves, and you have committed the disgusting sin of worshipping other gods.

Malachi 2:15

Didn't God create you to become like one person with your wife? And why did he do this? It was so you would have children, and then lead them to become God's people. Don't ever be unfaithful to your wife.

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Romans 11:16

If part of a batch of dough is made holy by being offered to God, then all the dough is holy. If the roots of a tree are holy, the rest of the tree is holy too.

1 Corinthians 7:14

Your husband or wife who isn't a follower is made holy by having you as a partner. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God's sight.