They shall be (A)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the (B)bread of their God; (C)therefore they shall be holy. (D)They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman (E)divorced from her husband; for [a]the priest is holy to his God. Therefore you shall [b]consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for (F)I the Lord, who (G)sanctify you, am holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:7 Lit. he
  2. Leviticus 21:8 set him apart

They must be holy to their God(A) and must not profane the name of their God.(B) Because they present the food offerings to the Lord,(C) the food of their God,(D) they are to be holy.(E)

“‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands,(F) because priests are holy to their God.(G) Regard them as holy,(H) because they offer up the food of your God.(I) Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy—I who make you holy.(J)

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12 (A)nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the (B)consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

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

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