Leviticus 21:15

Regulations Concerning Priests

¹⁴ A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples. ¹⁵ And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him. ¹⁶ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

High Priest

I Am He

I Am the Lord

Lord Who Sanctifies

Jehovah

Genesis 18:19

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.

Leviticus 21:8

And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.

Ezra 2:62

These sought their genealogical register, but they were not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

Ezra 9:2

for they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands; and the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this unfaithfulness.

Nehemiah 13:23-29

In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.

Malachi 2:11

Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

Malachi 2:15

And did not one make them? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,

Romans 11:16

Now if the first-fruit be holy, the lump also; and if the root be holy, the branches also.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother; since otherwise indeed your children are unclean, but now they are holy.