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id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/21-14.htm" title="Leviticus 21:14">◄</a> Leviticus 21:15 <a href="../leviticus/21-16.htm" title="Leviticus 21:16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/leviticus/21.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/leviticus/21.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/leviticus/21.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/leviticus/21.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/leviticus/21.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/leviticus/21.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a 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an issue, as well as their mother, were debarred the privileges of the priesthood, and were not permitted to partake of those portions of the sacrifices which formed the perquisites of the officiating priests.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/leviticus/21.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm" title="Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.">Leviticus 21:15</a></span>. <span class="ital">I the Lord sanctify him — </span>I have separated him from all other men for my immediate service, and therefore will not have that race corrupted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/leviticus/21.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>21:1-24 Laws concerning the priests. - As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without blemish, and separate from sinners, He executed his priestly office on earth. What manner of persons then should his ministers be! But all are, if Christians, spiritual priests; the minister especially is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shut us out from his service, from these privileges, or from his heavenly glory. Many a healthful, beautiful soul is lodged in a feeble, deformed body. And those who may not be suited for the work of the ministry, may serve God with comfort in other duties in his church.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/leviticus/21.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>Profane his seed - i. e. by a marriage which was not in keeping with the holiness of his office. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/leviticus/21.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>10-15. he that is the high priest among his brethren … shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes—The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Le 21:2, 3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have acted as intercessor for the people, unless ceremonially clean. Moreover, the high dignity of his office demanded a corresponding superiority in personal holiness, and stringent rules were prescribed for the purpose of upholding the suitable dignity of his station and family. The same rules are extended to the families of Christian ministers (1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:6).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/leviticus/21.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">Neither shall he profane his seed</span> by mixing it with forbidden kinds, whereby the children would be disparaged, and rendered unfit for their priestly function. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Do sanctify him, </span> i.e. have separated him from all other sorts of men for my especial and immediate service, and therefore will not have that race corrupted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/leviticus/21.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>Neither shall he profane his seed among his people,.... By marrying any such persons, whereby his children, born of them, would lie under disgrace, and be unfit to succeed him in the priesthood, or by marrying among mean persons, or by marrying them to such as were unlawful, and would be a disparagement to them: <p>for I the Lord do sanctify him; separate him from all others, to the high and sacred office of the high priesthood, and am concerned for his honour and holiness; and therefore it became him to observe these laws and rules, and abstain from such disagreeable marriages. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/leviticus/21.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">Neither shall he profane his <span class="cverse3">{l}</span> seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.</span><p>(l) By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/leviticus/21.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">15</span>. His posterity would become unholy, if they were not sprung from a mother who was worthy of marriage union with the high priest. The later Jews were very scrupulous as to the descent of those whom it was lawful for a priest to marry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Leviticus 21:15<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/leviticus/21.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>"Neither shall he profane his seed (posterity) among his people," sc., by contracting a marriage that was not in keeping with the holiness of his rank. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/leviticus/21-15.htm">Leviticus 21:15 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/21-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 21:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/21-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 21:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>