Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 21:15
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
15. 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 was lawful for a priest to marry.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Profane his seed – i. e. by a marriage which was not in keeping with the holiness of his office.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Neither shall he profane his seed by mixing it with forbidden kinds, whereby the children would be disparaged, and rendered unfit for their priestly function.
Do sanctify him, i.e. have separated him from all other sorts of men for my especial and immediate service, and therefore will not have that race corrupted.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 marrying among mean persons, or by marrying them to such as were unlawful, and would be a disparagement to them:
for I the Lord do sanctify him; separate him from all others, to the high and sacred office of the high priesthood, and am concerned for his honour and holiness; and therefore it became him to observe these laws and rules, and abstain from such disagreeable marriages.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ Neither shall he profane his seed (posterity) among his people, ” sc., by contracting a marriage that was not in keeping with the holiness of his rank.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(15) Neither shall he profane his seed.Better, And he shall not profane; that is, he is not to contract any of these forbidden marriages, lest he should thereby degrade his offspring, since the children of such an issue, as well as their mother, were debarred the privileges of the priesthood, and were not permitted to partake of those portions of the sacrifices which formed the perquisites of the officiating priests.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Ver. 15. Profane his seed. ] Disable them for the priesthood by marrying such a wife as was forbidden him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
profane: Gen 18:19, Ezr 2:62, Ezr 9:2, Neh 13:23-29, Mal 2:11, Mal 2:15, Rom 11:16, 1Co 7:14
for I the: Lev 21:8
Reciprocal: Exo 29:44 – sanctify also Lev 10:3 – I will be Lev 22:32 – hallow you Eze 20:12 – I am Mal 2:8 – ye have corrupted
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 21:15. I the Lord sanctify him I have separated him from all other men for my immediate service, and therefore will not have that race corrupted.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
21:15 Neither shall he profane his {l} seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
(l) By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman.