Leviticus 21:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 21:9

7 ^aThey shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman ^bdivorced from her husband; for¹ the priest is holy to his God.

8 Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for ^aI the Lord, who ^bsanctify you, am holy.

9 The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be ^aburned with fire.

10 ‘He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was ^apoured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not ^buncover his head nor tear his clothes;

11 nor shall he go ^anear any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;

12 ^anor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the ^bconsecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

15 Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the Lord sanctify him.’ ”

16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17 “Speak to Aaron, saying: ‘No man of your descendants in succeeding generations, who has any defect, may approach to offer the bread of his God.

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 21:9

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American Standard Version
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Amplified® Bible
The daughter of any priest who profanes herself by playing the harlot profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire [after being stoned].

Contemporary English Version
If any of you priests has a daughter who disgraces you by serving as a temple prostitute, she must be burned to death.

Darby English Version
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.

Good News Bible
If a priest's daughter becomes a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she shall be burned to death.

King James Version
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

New American Standard Bible
`Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

New International Version
" 'If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

New King James Version
The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall burn in the fire.

Revised Standard Version
And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

Young's Literal Translation
`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

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