15 He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
Profane his seed - i. e. by a marriage which was not in keeping with the holiness of his office.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
*More commentary available at chapter level.