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Leviticus 19:29

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.

KJV

Ne prostituas filiam tuam, ne contaminetur terra et impleatur piaculo.

Vulgate

οὐ βεβηλώσεις τὴν θυγατέρα σου ἐκπορνεῦσαι αὐτήν· καὶ οὐκ ἐκπορνεύσει ἡ γῆ, καὶ ἡ γῆ πλησθήσεται ἀνομίας.

LXX

Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

ASV

אַל תְּחַלֵּ֥ל אֶֽת בִּתְּ/ךָ֖ לְ/הַזְנוֹתָ֑/הּ וְ/לֹא תִזְנֶ֣ה הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וּ/מָלְאָ֥ה הָ/אָ֖רֶץ זִמָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
זִמָּ֑ה
zmh
noun · 29×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 23:17 — There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
  • Deut 23:17 — There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
  • Lev 21:9 — And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.