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she must be burned in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father’s holiness, and she must be burned to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The daughter of any priest who profanes herself by prostitution profanes her father; she shall be burned in fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a priest&#8217s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity, she defiles her father; she must be burned up.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If any of you priests has a daughter who disgraces you by serving as a temple prostitute, she must be burned to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When a priest's daughter dishonors herself by becoming a prostitute, she dishonors her father. She must be burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If a priest's daughter becomes a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she shall be burned to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Now if the daughter of any priest defiles herself by being a prostitute, she defiles her father. She is to be incinerated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a priest?s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the daughter of a man a priest, if she shall be profaned to commit fornication, it is profaning her father: she shall be burnt in fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If the daughter of a priest will have been taken into prostitution, and will have violated the name of her father, she shall be consumed by fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter debases herself by prostitution, she thereby debases her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the daughter of a priest profanes herself through prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned to death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, when she starts playing the whore, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the daughter of a man, a Priest, when she will begin to commit fornication, her father is defiled; she shall burn in fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/21-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5611" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/21.htm">Holiness Required of Priests</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">a priest’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇaṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ṯê·ḥêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">defiles herself</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: liz·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">by prostituting herself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: mə·ḥal·le·leṯ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">profanes</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇî·hā (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">her father;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: tiś·śā·rêp̄ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">she must be burned</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: bā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">in the fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Deuteronomy 22:21</a></span><br />she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14</a></span><br />You shall not commit adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-9</a></span><br />While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, / who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. / So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></span><br />If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a></span><br />No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1-5</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. / And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this? / Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a></span><br />But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a></span><br />We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a></span><br />Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a></span><br />You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.</p><p class="hdg">the daughter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-17.htm">1 Samuel 2:17,34</a></b></br> Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/3-13.htm">1 Samuel 3:13,14</a></b></br> For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a></b></br> Slay utterly old <i>and</i> young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom <i>is</i> the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which <i>were</i> before the house.</p><p class="hdg">she shall be burnt</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Leviticus 20:14</a></b></br> And if a man take a wife and her mother, it <i>is</i> wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Genesis 38:24</a></b></br> And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she <i>is</i> with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Joshua 7:15,25</a></b></br> And it shall be, <i>that</i> he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-3.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Common</a> <a href="/james/3-6.htm">Defiles</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-5.htm">Disgraces</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-23.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Playing</a> <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Polluteth</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-32.htm">Priest's</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Profanes</a> <a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Profaneth</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-25.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-4.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Whore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Behaviour</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-18.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm">Common</a> <a href="/numbers/5-29.htm">Defiles</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-7.htm">Disgraces</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-21.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/numbers/5-13.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/judges/16-27.htm">Playing</a> <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Polluteth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Polluting</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Priest's</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Profanes</a> <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Profaneth</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-21.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/numbers/11-15.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Whore</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Of the priests' mourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Of their holiness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Of their marriages</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm">Of their estimation</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Of the high priest's holiness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Of his marriage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><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'; 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The daughters of priests were expected to uphold a standard of holiness reflective of their father's sacred duties. The act of prostitution, in this context, symbolizes a severe breach of covenantal purity and holiness. This phrase underscores the importance of maintaining the sanctity of the priestly family, as their conduct was seen as representative of the nation's relationship with God. The concept of defilement here is not just physical but also spiritual, indicating a departure from the covenantal relationship with God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of Israel as God's bride, where unfaithfulness is often depicted as spiritual adultery (e.g., <a href="/hosea/1.htm">Hosea 1-3</a>).<p><b>she profanes her father</b><br>The term "profanes" indicates a desecration or violation of something sacred. In this case, the priest's daughter, through her actions, brings dishonor not only upon herself but also upon her father, who is a representative of God's holiness. This reflects the communal nature of sin in the Old Testament, where individual actions could impact the entire community or family. The priest, as a mediator between God and the people, was expected to maintain a high standard of holiness, and any deviation by his family could undermine his role and the sanctity of the priesthood. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where leaders are called to manage their households well (<a href="/1_timothy/3-4.htm">1 Timothy 3:4-5</a>).<p><b>she must be burned in the fire</b><br>The prescribed punishment of burning reflects the severity of the offense and the need to remove impurity from the community. In the ancient Near East, such punishments were not uncommon for severe breaches of social and religious order. This harsh penalty underscores the gravity of maintaining holiness within the priestly line, as they were directly responsible for the spiritual well-being of the nation. The act of burning can also be seen as a form of purification, removing the defilement from the community. While this specific punishment is not directly paralleled in the New Testament, the concept of divine judgment and purification through fire is present (e.g., <a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13-15</a>). This reflects the ultimate fulfillment of the law in Christ, who purifies and sanctifies His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest's_daughter.htm">Priest's Daughter</a></b><br>The daughter of a priest, who holds a special position within the Israelite community due to her father's sacred role.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>A man set apart to perform sacred duties and rituals in the service of God, representing the people before God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prostitution.htm">Prostitution</a></b><br>The act of engaging in sexual relations for payment, considered a grave sin in the context of Israelite law and culture.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/profaning.htm">Profaning</a></b><br>The act of desecrating or defiling something sacred, in this case, the reputation and holiness of the priesthood.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/burned_in_the_fire.htm">Burned in the Fire</a></b><br>A severe form of capital punishment, indicating the seriousness of the offense in the context of maintaining holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_responsibility.htm">Holiness and Responsibility</a></b><br>The priest's family was held to a higher standard due to their association with the sacred duties of the priesthood. This reflects the broader Christian call to live a life set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The severe punishment for the priest's daughter highlights the gravity of sin, especially when it profanes what is holy. It serves as a reminder of the destructive nature of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_our_testimony.htm">Guarding Our Testimony</a></b><br>Just as the actions of the priest's daughter could bring shame to her father, Christians are called to live in a way that honors God and upholds the testimony of the church.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_discipline.htm">The Role of Discipline</a></b><br>While the punishment in Leviticus is severe, it underscores the importance of discipline within the community of faith to maintain purity and holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/redemption_and_grace.htm">Redemption and Grace</a></b><br>In the New Testament, while the law highlights the seriousness of sin, it also points to the need for grace and redemption through Jesus Christ, who offers forgiveness and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_lev_9_24's_fire_align_with_science.htm">In Leviticus 9:24, how do we reconcile the claim that fire miraculously consumed the offering with scientific explanations or natural phenomena?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_delay_judging_child_sacrifice.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5 -- If God commands against child sacrifice elsewhere, why would He allow His own people to practice it for so long without immediate judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_altar_fire_truly_perpetual_evidence.htm">(Leviticus 6:9, 12-13) How could the fire on the altar truly have been kept burning perpetually without ever going out, and is there any historical or archaeological evidence for such a practice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_more_on_philip's_prophesying_daughters.htm">Acts 21:9 - Why is there no further historical or scriptural mention of Philip's four prophesying daughters or their specific prophecies?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">And the daughter of any priest.--</span>This statute, according to the administrators of the Law during the second Temple, applies only to betrothed and married daughters. Hence the ancient Chaldee version renders it, "and if the betrothed daughter"<p><span class= "bld">She shall be burnt with fire.</span>--Whilst the married daughter of a layman who had gone astray was punished with death by strangling (see <a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm" title="And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.">Leviticus 20:10</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/22-23.htm" title="If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed to an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;">Deuteronomy 22:23-24</a>), the daughter of a priest who had disgraced herself was to be punished with the severer death by burning. Though the doom of the guilty partner in the crime is not mentioned here, his sentence was death by strangulation.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/21-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a priest’s</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּהֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַת֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defiles herself</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵחֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ṯê·ḥêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by prostituting herself,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִזְנ֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(liz·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֣יא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">profanes</span><br /><span class="heb">מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḥal·le·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her father;</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֙יהָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇî·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she must be burned</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiś·śā·rêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, on fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאֵ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/21-9.htm">Leviticus 21:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 21:9 The daughter of any priest if she (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/21-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 21:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 21:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 21:10" /></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>