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Leviticus 19:29
29“Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
Leviticus 19:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
Context of Leviticus 19:29
27“Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards. 28“Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord. “Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness. 30“Keep my Sabbath days of rest, and show reverence toward my sanctuary. I am the Lord. 31“Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:29 word by word
אַל־תְּחַלֵּ֥ל אֶֽת־בִּתְּךָ֖ לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְאָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ זִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:29
- Leviticus 21:7“Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.
- Deuteronomy 23:17“No Israelite, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute.
- Hosea 4:12They ask a piece of wood for advice! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never!
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Do not prostitute thy daughter - This was a very frequent custom, and with examples of it writers of antiquity abound. The Cyprian women, according to Justin, gained that portion which their husbands received with them at marriage by previous public prostitution. And the Phoenicians, according to Augustine, made a gift to Venus of the gain acquired by the public prostitution of their daughters, previously to their marriage. "Veneri donum dabant, et…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Compare Leviticus 21:9 and Deuteronomy 23:17.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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
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