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Leviticus 21:9

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

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ASV

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

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.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבַת֙u.Vatand a daughter ofH1323 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isha manH376 →
כֹּהֵ֔ןko.Hena priestH3548 →
כִּ֥יkiifH3588 →
תֵחֵ֖לte.Chelshe will profane herselfH2490 →
לִזְנ֑וֹתliz.Notby acting as a prostituteH2181 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.hafather herH1 →
הִ֣יאhi'sheH1931 →
מְחַלֶּ֔לֶתme.cha.Le.let[is] profaningH2490 →
בָּאֵ֖שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ סti.sa.Refshe will be burnedH8313 →

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Revelation 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”Leviticus 19:29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”1 Timothy 3:4–5An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.Titus 1:6An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.1 Samuel 2:34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.Joshua 7:15The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”Joshua 7:25“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.Leviticus 20:14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.1 Samuel 3:13–14I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.Matthew 11:20–24Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.1 Samuel 2:17Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.Judges 19:2But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,Ezekiel 23:45But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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