Levítico 19:29

29 »No degraden a su hija haciendo de ella una prostituta, para que tampoco se prostituya la tierra ni se llene de perversidad.

Levítico 19:29 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore,
&c.] Not by delaying to marry her, which is the sense the Jews give {l}, but it refers to a wicked practice among the Phoenicians or Canaanites, Athanasius ^F13 speaks of, whose women used to prostitute themselves in the temples of their idols; and to such filthy services, in a religious way, the Israelites, in imitation of them, are forbid to expose their daughters: such filthy practices, under a notion of religion, were committed at Babylon, Corinth, and other places; (See Gill on Micah 1:7); lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness:
of the wickedness of whoredom, both corporeal and spiritual, fornication and idolatry; both of which would be promoted by such abominable practices, and in process of time the land be filled with them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Targ. Jon. in loc. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 1.
F13 Contra Gentes, p. 21.

Levítico 19:29 In-Context

27 »No se corten el cabello en redondo ni se despunten la barba.

28 »No se hagan heridas en el cuerpo por causa de los muertos, ni tatuajes en la piel. Yo soy el SEÑOR.

29 »No degraden a su hija haciendo de ella una prostituta, para que tampoco se prostituya la tierra ni se llene de perversidad.

30 »Observen mis sábados, y tengan reverencia por mi santuario. Yo soy el SEÑOR.

31 »No acudan a la nigromancia, ni busquen a los espiritistas, porque se harán impuros por causa de ellos. Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios.