Bible verse
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
Leviticus 21:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 21.
11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18 No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 no man who has a broken foot or hand,
KJV
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
ASV
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
ERV
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD which sanctify him.
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