You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy. If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[a](A) she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.(B)

10 “The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained[b] to wear the clothes, must not dishevel his hair[c] or tear his clothes.(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 21:9 Or prostitution
  2. 21:10 Lit and one has filled his hand
  3. 21:10 Or not uncover his head

Bible Gateway Recommends