Leviticus 21:15

New English Translation

He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him.”

Ezra 2:62

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood.

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Exodus 34:16

and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

Leviticus 19:2

“Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, ‘You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 21:14

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.

Leviticus 21:16

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Leviticus 21:8

You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.

Leviticus 22:16

and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

Malachi 2:11

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

Malachi 2:15

No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.

Matthew 23:17

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

Romans 11:16

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.