Leviticus 21:9

Leviticus 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by whoring, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

Context of Leviticus 21:9

7They shall not take [as a wife] a woman who is a prostitute, nor a woman who is divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God. 8You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy. The daughter of any priest who profanes herself by prostitution profanes her father; she shall be burned in fire. 10‘But he who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the [sacred] garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes [in mourning], 11nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;

Leviticus 21:9 word by word

וּבַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תֵחֵ֖ל לִזְנ֑וֹת אֶת־אָבִ֙יהָ֙ הִ֣יא מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of anyאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• if she profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
• herself by playing the whoreזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• her fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• she shall be burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Leviticus 21:9

• 1 Samuel 2:17So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord disrespectfully.
• 1 Samuel 3:13Now I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the sinful behavior which he knew [was happening], because his sons were bringing a curse on themselves [dishonoring and blaspheming God] and he did not rebuke them.
• Ezekiel 9:6Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women; but do not touch or go near anyone on whom is the mark. Begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple [who did not have the Lord’s mark on their foreheads].
• Malachi 2:3Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread the refuse on your faces, the refuse from the festival offerings; and you will be taken away with it [in disgrace].
• Matthew 11:20Then He began to denounce [the people in] the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent [and change their hearts and lives].
• 1 Timothy 3:4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity [keeping them respectful and well-behaved]
• Leviticus 20:14It is immoral and shameful if a man marries a woman and her mother; all three shall be burned in fire, so that there will be no immorality among you.
• Genesis 38:24About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the [role of a] prostitute, and she is with child because of her immorality.” So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be burned [to death as punishment]!”
• Joshua 7:15It shall be that the one who is chosen with the things under the ban shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a disgraceful and disobedient thing in Israel.’ ”
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. [They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Commentaries on Leviticus 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9She shall be burnt with fire - Probably not burnt alive, but strangled first, and then burnt afterward. Though it is barely possible that some kind of branding may be intended.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9burnt with fire - See the Leviticus 20:14 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24This section, which discusses priestly rules, six times repeats the phrase I am the Lord who sanctifies (Leviticus 21:15, 23; 22:9, 16, 32; see also 21:8). These words emphasize the link between God's holiness and the holiness expected of priests. This extended to all of Israel (see 8:10; 11:44–45; 19:2). The text specifically addresses priests in 21:1–22:16, while including both clergy and common people in 22:17–33.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane--Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectability of their office, and the honor of religion, required unblemished sanctity in their families as well as themselves, and departures from it in their case were visited with severer punishment than in that of others.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 21:9

• Adultery
• Fire
• Harlotry
• Minister, Christian
• Mourning
• Priest
• Punishment
• Sanctification
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Corner
• Fire
• Fornication
• Funeral
• Hair
• Profane
• Shave
• Burial
• Criticism
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on Leviticus 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings