Leviticus 21:15

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 the high priest gets married to must be a virgin.

14 He must not marry a widow or a woman who is divorced. He must not marry a woman who is "unclean" because she is a prostitute. He must only get married to a virgin. She must come from his own people.

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

16 The LORD spoke to Moses. He said,

17 "Speak to Aaron. Tell him, 'For all time to come, no man in your family line who has any flaws can come near to offer food to me.