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Leviticus 21:9

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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

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  1. Leviticus 21:7

    They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

  2. Leviticus 21:8

    Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.

  3. Leviticus 21:10

    And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

  4. Leviticus 21:11

    Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.