15so he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord , who makes him holy. ' "


In Context

12 nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord .

13 " 'The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

15 so he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord , who makes him holy. ' "

16 The Lord said to Moses,

17 "Say to Aaron: 'For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:15He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD which sanctify him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:15and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I am Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.