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

7A priest must not marry a woman who has left her husband. He must not marry a woman if men have paid her to have sex with her. He must not marry a woman whose husband has sent her away. A priest must be holy. 8A priest is holy because he sacrifices the people's offerings to God. A priest is holy because I, the Lord, am holy. A priest's daughter must not have sex with men who pay her. That would make her unclean. She would take away her father's honour. If she does not obey, you must burn her in a fire. 10They have poured special oil on the leader of the priests' head to show that he is greater than his brothers. He must wear special clothes. He must comb his hair. He must not tear his clothes. 11He must not go into a room where there is a dead body. Even if it is the body of his parent, he must not go in. It will make him unclean.

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 2:17The Lord knew what Eli's sons were doing. They did not respect the sacrifices that people were offering to the Lord. The Lord saw that their sin was very bad.
• 1 Samuel 3:13I have warned Eli that I would punish his family for all time. He knew that his sons were doing very bad things. They were insulting me, God, and Eli did not stop them.
• Ezekiel 9:6Kill the old men, young men and girls. Kill the women and the children. Destroy them all! But do not touch anyone who has the mark on their head.’ So the men started to kill. The first people that they killed were the city's leaders who were in front of the temple.
• Malachi 2:3I will punish your descendants. When you offer an animal as a sacrifice at your festivals, I will cover your faces with its dirty bits. Then they will throw you away with all the other dirty bits. Those are the bits that I cannot accept as clean.’
• Matthew 11:20In some of the cities Jesus had done many powerful things. But some people in those cities did not want to stop doing wrong things. They did not want to change how they lived. So Jesus spoke against those people.
• 1 Timothy 3:4He must take care of his own family. His children must obey him and respect him.
• Leviticus 20:14A man is sinning if he marries a woman and her mother. You must burn the man and both the women in the fire. Then their sin will not make my people unclean.
• Genesis 38:24Three months later, someone told Judah, ‘Your dead son's wife, Tamar, has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant.’ Judah said, ‘Take her out of the town and burn her to death!’
• Joshua 7:15Then I will show you which man has taken the things that belong to me. You must kill that man and burn his body. You must kill him and everything that he has, together with all his family. He has done a very bad thing that no Israelite should ever do. He has turned against the covenant that I made with my people.’
• Isaiah 33:14The sinners who live in Zion are afraid. The people who do not respect God shake with fear. They ask, ‘Who among us can stay alive? This is a fire that burns everything. Nobody can stop it from 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