Leviticus 21:15

Regulations Concerning Priests

¹⁴ He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people, ¹⁵ so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.” ¹⁶ The Lord spoke to Moses:

High Priest

I Am He

I Am the Lord

Lord Who Sanctifies

Jehovah

Genesis 18:19

For I have chosen him so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. This is how the Lord will fulfill to Abraham what He promised him.”

Leviticus 21:8

You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, Yahweh who sets you apart, am holy.

Ezra 2:62

These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Nehemiah 13:23-29

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Malachi 2:11

Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the Lord’s sanctuary, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

Romans 11:16

Now if the firstfruits offered up are holy, so is the whole batch. And if the root is holy, so are the branches.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the unbelieving husband is set apart for God by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart for God by the husband. Otherwise your children would be corrupt, but now they are set apart for God.