Leviticus 21:15

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

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 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 A widow or a divorced woman or profane or a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife.

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

16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

17 "Speak unto Aaron, saying, `Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations who hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.