Leviticus 21:9
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If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.

the daughter

1 Samuel 2:17,34 Wherefore the sin of the young men was exceeding great before the Lord: because they withdrew men from the sacrifice of the Lord. . . .

1 Samuel 3:13,14 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity, because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them. . . .

Ezekiel 9:6 Utterly destroy old and young, maidens, children and women: but upon whomsoever you shall see Thau, kill him not, and begin ye at my sanctuary. So they began at the ancient men who were before the house.

Malachi 2:3 Behold, I will cast the shoulder to you, and will scatter upon your face the dung of your solemnities, and it shall take you away with it.

Matthew 11:20-24 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance. . . .

1 Timothy 3:4,5 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity. . . .

Titus 1:6 If any be without crime, the husband of one wife. having faithful children, not accused of riot or unruly.

she shall be burnt

Leviticus 20:14 If any man after marrying the daughter, marry her mother, he hath done a heinous crime. He shall be burnt alive with them: neither shall so great an abomination remain in the midst of you.

Genesis 38:24 And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt.

Joshua 7:15,25 And whosoever he be that shall be found guilty of this fact, he shall be burnt with fire, with all his substance, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and hath done wickedness in Israel. . . .

Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Context
Holiness Required of Priests
8And offer the loaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy because I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctify them. 9If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.10The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.…
Cross References
Genesis 38:24
And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt.

Exodus 31:14
keep you my sabbath: for it is holy unto you: he that shall profane it, shall be put to death: he that shall do any work in it, his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people.

Leviticus 19:29
Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.

Deuteronomy 22:21
They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

Lexicon
If
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a priest’s
כֹּהֵ֔ן (kō·hên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

daughter
וּבַת֙ (ū·ḇaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

defiles herself
תֵחֵ֖ל (ṯê·ḥêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

by prostituting herself,
לִזְנ֑וֹת (liz·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

she
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

profanes
מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת (mə·ḥal·le·leṯ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

her father;
אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (’ā·ḇî·hā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

she must be burned
תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ (tiś·śā·rêp̄)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8313: To be, on fire

in the fire.
בָּאֵ֖שׁ (bā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire


Additional Translations
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

And the daughter of any priest, if she shall profane herself by lewdness, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

"'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.
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