They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution.[a](A) They are not to marry one divorced(B) by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy. If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[b](C) she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 21:7 Or a prostitute, or a defiled woman
  2. 21:9 Or prostitution

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

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(F)

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