Leviticus 21:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline  among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart.’

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is made holy  by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy by the husband.  Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy.

Romans 11:16

Now if the firstfruits are holy,  so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?  Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,  , so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his  youth.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable  act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned  the Lord’s sanctuary,  , which he loves,  and has married the daughter of a foreign god.  ,

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelite men  have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed  has become mixed with the surrounding peoples.  The leaders  and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’

Ezra 2:62

These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Leviticus 21:8

You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy.

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen  him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfil to Abraham what he promised him.’

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow,  a divorced woman,  or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 21:16

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Exodus 34:16

Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

Leviticus 19:2

‘Speak to the entire Israelite community and tell them: Be holy  because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 22:16

by letting the people eat their holy offerings and having them bear the penalty of restitution.  For I am the Lord who sets them apart.’