Leviticus 21:15

15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

Leviticus 21:15 in Other Translations

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

15 that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him."

15 so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the LORD who makes him holy.”

15 He must not defile his descendants among his people because I am God who makes him holy."

15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

15 He must not dishonor his children among his people because I, the LORD, set him apart as holy."

15 so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart."

15 If he marries a virgin, he makes the children he has by her "clean." I am the Lord. I make him holy.' "

Leviticus 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 21:15

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people
By marrying any such persons, whereby his children, born of them, would lie under disgrace, and be unfit to succeed him in the priesthood, or by marrying among mean persons, or by marrying them to such as were unlawful, and would be a disparagement to them:

for I the Lord do sanctify him;
separate him from all others, to the high and sacred office of the high priesthood, and am concerned for his honour and holiness; and therefore it became him to observe these laws and rules, and abstain from such disagreeable marriages.

Leviticus 21:15 In-Context

13 “ ‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

16 The LORD said to Moses,

17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.