so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

不可在民中辱没他的儿女，因为我是叫他成圣的耶和华。”

他不可在自己百姓中侮辱他的儿女，因为我是使他分别为圣的耶和华。”

他不可在自己百姓中侮辱他的儿女，因为我是使他分别为圣的耶和华。”

以免在民中玷污自己的子孙，因为我是使他们圣洁的耶和华。”

不可在自己的族人中，羞辱他的后裔，因为我是使他们分别为圣的耶和华。”

不可在民中辱沒他的兒女，因為我是叫他成聖的耶和華。」

他不可在自己百姓中侮辱他的兒女，因為我是使他分別為聖的耶和華。」

他不可在自己百姓中侮辱他的兒女，因為我是使他分別為聖的耶和華。」

以免在民中玷污自己的子孫，因為我是使他們聖潔的耶和華。」

不可在自己的族人中，羞辱他的後裔，因為我是使他們分別為聖的耶和華。”

不可在他族人中讓他的後裔受污辱，因為我永恆主、是把他分別為聖的。』

勿使其苗裔玷於民中、蓋我乃耶和華、使之成聖也、○

勿使其苗裔玷於族中、蓋我耶和華已俾其成聖。○

毋使後裔玷於本族中、蓋我耶和華已別之為聖、○

If he doesn’t marry a virgin, he makes the children he has by her“ unclean.” I am the Lord. I make him holy.’ ”

that he may not profane his offspring among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.”

so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the Lord who makes him holy.”

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am the LORD who sets him apart.”

so that he will not profane his children among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’ ”

Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people, for I the Lord sanctify him.’”

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”

Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the Lord am holy— I who make you holy.

Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said:“ You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.