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They shall not take a wife that is a whore or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

Thou shalt sanctify him, therefore, for he offers the bread of thy God; he shall be holy unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

And the daughter of the man who is a priest, if she begins to fornicate, she profanes her father; she shall be burnt with fire.

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“‘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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