Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people,.... By marrying any such persons, whereby his children, born of them, would lie under disgrace, and be unfit to succeed him in the priesthood, or by…
Barnes' Notes
Profane his seed - i. e. by a marriage which was not in keeping with the holiness of his office.
More was expected from a priest than from other people, but more from the high priest than from other priests, because upon his head the anointing oil was poured, and he was consecrated to put on the…
Cambridge Bible
His posterity would become unholy, if they were not sprung from a mother who was worthy of marriage union with the high priest. The later Jews were very scrupulous as to the descent of those whom it…
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