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Leviticus 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.

KJV

Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.

Vulgate

καὶ θυγάτηρ ἀνθρώπου ἱερέως ἐὰν βεβηλωθῇ τοῦ ἐκπορνεῦσαι, τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς αὐτὴ βεβηλοῖ. ἐπὶ πυρὸς κατακαυθήσεται.

LXX

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

ASV

וּ/בַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תֵחֵ֖ל לִ/זְנ֑וֹת אֶת אָבִ֨י/הָ֙ הִ֣יא מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת בָּ/אֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
verb · 143×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 22:21 — Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in
  • Gen 38:24 — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring h
  • Gen 38:24 — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring h
  • Lev 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.
  • Rev 17:16 — And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.