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Leviticus 21:8
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6 They shall be aholy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bbread of their God; ctherefore they shall be holy.  
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;  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Leviticus 21:7-9

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane—Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectability of their office, and the honor of religion, required unblemished sanctity in their families as well as themselves, and departures from it in their case were visited with severer punishment than in that of others.




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