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Selected Verse: Leviticus 21:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 21:9 |
King James |
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| burnt with fire - See the Lev 20:14 note. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And the daughter - And by analogy his son also, and his wife, because the reason of the law here added, concerns all. And nothing is more common than to name one kind for the rest of the same nature, as also is done Lev 18:6. She profaneth her father - Exposeth his person and office, and consequently religion, to contempt. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| She shall be burnt with fire - Probably not burnt alive, but strangled first, and then burnt afterward. Though it is barely possible that some kind of branding may be intended. |
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.