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lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land <i>does not</i> become full of outrageous sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land may not fall to harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes--this would bring disgrace both to them and the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Never dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Do not disgrace your daughters by making them temple prostitutes; if you do, you will turn to other gods and the land will be full of immorality. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won't become filled with wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'Do not profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a harlot: lest the land should fall to lewdness, and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You do not defile your daughter to cause her to go whoring, that the land does not go whoring, and the land has been full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to commit fornication: and the land commit fornication and the land was filled with wickedness.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Do not prostitute your daughter, lest the land be contaminated and filled with crimes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall not degrade your daughter by making a prostitute of her; otherwise the land will prostitute itself and become full of lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall not permit your daughter to become a whore, lest the land fall to whoredom and the land become full of wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do not allow your daughter to commit whoredom lest the land commit whoredom and the land be filled with sin.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/19-29.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=5199" 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/19.htm">Keep My Decrees</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">You must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: tə·ḥal·lêl (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">defile</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/1323.htm" title="1323: bit·tə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">your daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: lə·haz·nō·w·ṯāh (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">by making her a prostitute,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: ṯiz·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">will be prostituted</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mā·lə·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">and filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: zim·māh (N-fs) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">with depravity.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD.…<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/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="/proverbs/23-27.htm">Proverbs 23:27</a></span><br />For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-15.htm">1 Corinthians 6:15-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! / Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” / But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/17-1.htm">Revelation 17:1-5</a></span><br />Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. / The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” / And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a></span><br />I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3-5</a></span><br />But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. / Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. / For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.<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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-13.htm">Romans 13:13</a></span><br />Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<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="/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="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a></span><br />Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a></span><br />Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Numbers 25:1-3</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="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a></span><br />Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.</p><p class="hdg">prostitute [heb] profane </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Leviticus 21:7</a></b></br> They shall not take a wife <i>that is</i> a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he <i>is</i> holy unto his God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a></b></br> There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a></b></br> My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused <i>them</i> to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-14.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-10.htm">Common</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-17.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-38.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-14.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-12.htm">Full</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Infamy</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-45.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Pollute</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-12.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-12.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-4.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-17.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Common</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-12.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-32.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">Full</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Infamy</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-4.htm">Pollute</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-11.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-14.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/19-1.htm">A repetition of various laws</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 prohibition against prostitution is rooted in the understanding of sexual purity and the sanctity of family. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, temple prostitution was sometimes practiced as part of pagan worship, but Israel was called to be distinct and separate from such practices. The act of making one's daughter a prostitute would not only degrade her but also violate the covenantal relationship with God, who called His people to holiness. This command underscores the importance of protecting the dignity and purity of individuals, especially within the family unit.<p><b>or the land will be prostituted</b><br>The land of Israel was seen as a gift from God, a place where His presence dwelled among His people. The concept of the land being "prostituted" suggests that moral corruption and idolatry defile not just individuals but the entire community and the land itself. This reflects the biblical principle that sin has communal consequences, affecting the spiritual and physical well-being of the nation. The land was to remain holy, as it was the inheritance of God's people, and any defilement would jeopardize their covenantal blessings.<p><b>and filled with depravity</b><br>Depravity here refers to moral corruption and wickedness. The warning is that allowing such practices would lead to a society overwhelmed by sin, moving further away from God's standards. This phrase highlights the ripple effect of sin, where individual actions contribute to the moral decay of the entire community. The call to holiness in Leviticus is a call to resist such depravity and to live in a way that reflects God's character. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are urged to live pure and blameless lives, shining as lights in a dark world (<a href="/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were headed, which was known for its pagan practices, including ritual prostitution.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine lawgiver who desires holiness and purity among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/daughter.htm">Daughter</a></b><br>Represents the family unit and the importance of protecting and valuing women within the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_purity.htm">Value of Purity</a></b><br>God calls His people to live in purity, both physically and spiritually. This commandment underscores the importance of maintaining moral integrity within the family and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/protection_of_women.htm">Protection of Women</a></b><br>The verse highlights the need to protect and honor women, ensuring they are not exploited or degraded. This reflects God's heart for justice and dignity for all individuals.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_the_land.htm">Holiness in the Land</a></b><br>The commandment warns against allowing sin to permeate the community, which can lead to widespread wickedness. Believers are called to be a light in the world, promoting righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_responsibility.htm">Family Responsibility</a></b><br>Parents have a responsibility to guide their children in the ways of the Lord, teaching them to uphold God's standards and values.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_influence.htm">Cultural Influence</a></b><br>The Israelites were to be distinct from the surrounding nations. Similarly, Christians are called to be in the world but not of it, resisting cultural practices that contradict God's Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_prostitution.htm">What is the Bible's stance on prostitution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_sin_of_the_amorites.htm">What is the Sin of the Amorites?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_annihilate_all_in_joshua_11_14.htm">Why does God command the annihilation of entire populations, including non-combatants, in Joshua 11:14?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'predestined'_mean_here.htm">What does the Bible say about necrophilia?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">Do not prostitute thy daughter</span>.--This refers to the degrading worship of Astarte which prevailed in ancient times, and which at times also broke out among the Jews.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Do not prostitute thy daughter.</span> This is a peremptory prohibition, applying to every Jewish maiden, introduced in this place with a primary relation to the sanctification of lust by the dedication of young girls at some heathen temples; but by no means confined in its application to such practices. All legal sanction of the sin of prostitution is forbidden, for whatever purpose it may be given; and the certain result of such sanction is indicated in the final words of the verse, lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Deuteronomy 23:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/19-29.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">You must not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">defile</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּחַלֵּ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḥal·lêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine 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">your daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּתְּךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(bit·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<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">by making her a prostitute,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haz·nō·w·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular<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">or</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be prostituted</span><br /><span class="heb">תִזְנֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiz·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<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">and filled</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמָלְאָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mā·lə·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with depravity.</span><br /><span class="heb">זִמָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(zim·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plan, device, wickedness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 19:29 Don't profane your daughter to make her (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 19:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 19:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/19-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 19:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 19:30" /></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>