Leviticus 21:15

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He must not defile his descendants among his people, because I am the LORD who sanctifies him.

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  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what He has promised him.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy.
  • Ezra 2:62 : 62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
  • Ezra 9:2 : 2 They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.
  • Neh 13:23-29 : 23 Additionally, in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah. 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.' 26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin because of such things? Among the many nations, there was no king like him; he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet, even he was led into sin by foreign women. 27 Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women? 28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me. 29 Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
  • Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 Did not God make them one, with a portion of His spirit in their union? And what was the one seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
  • Rom 11:16 : 16 If the first portion of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:11-14
    4 verses
    85%

    11He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother.

    12He must not leave the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

    13He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

    14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from among his own people.

  • Lev 21:1-9
    9 verses
    85%

    1The LORD said to Moses, 'Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: A priest shall not defile himself by coming into contact with a dead person among his people.

    2Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.

    3And also for his virgin sister, who is near to him and has not been married, he may defile himself for her.

    4He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

    6They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.

    7They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.

    8You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy.

    9If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she profanes her father and must be burned with fire.

  • Lev 21:16
    83%

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Ezek 44:22
    78%

    22They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

  • Lev 21:21-23
    3 verses
    77%

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.

    22He may eat the food of his God, both the most holy and the holy,

    23but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

  • Lev 22:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15The priests must not allow the sacred offerings of the people of Israel, which they present to the LORD, to be defiled.

    16By doing so, they would make the people guilty of wrongdoing for eating their holy offerings, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

  • Lev 22:32
    76%

    32Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

  • Lev 22:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD.

    3Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.'

    4If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,

  • Lev 18:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

  • Num 6:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6During the entire time of their vow to the LORD, they must not go near a dead body.

    7Even if their father, mother, brother, or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean for them, because the consecration to God is upon their head.

    8For the entire period of their separation, they are holy to the LORD.

  • Lev 22:9
    74%

    9They must keep My commands and not bear guilt by treating the holy things improperly, for if they do, they will die because of it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

  • Lev 20:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

    8Keep my statutes and do them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

  • Lev 19:29-30
    2 verses
    72%

    29Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will become filled with wickedness.

    30Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 18:6
    72%

    6he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

  • Lev 20:26
    71%

    26You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the peoples to be mine.

  • Lev 15:31
    71%

    31You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

  • Lev 20:21
    71%

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Ezek 18:15
    71%

    15He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Num 19:20
    70%

    20But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  • Lev 15:16
    70%

    16If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 20:3
    70%

    3I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

  • Ezek 44:25
    70%

    25Priests must not come near a dead person and defile themselves, except for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister. For these, they may defile themselves.

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Lev 18:30
    70%

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 19:22
    70%

    22Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.