A moment in scripture
Leviticus 21:15
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.
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The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 21:13
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
- Leviticus 21:14
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
- Leviticus 21:16
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 21:17
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.