Leviticus 21:9

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Leviticus 21:9 (WEB)
“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.23Book II
“In order to check the impetuosity of the passions, it commands the adulteress to be put to death, on being convicted of this; and if of priestly family, to be committed to the flames.” — editor's note: Lev. xxi. 9.
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Tobit 4:15
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Ezekiel 33:11
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Matthew 5:32
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Luke 12:48
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Genesis 1:28
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Genesis 2:18
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Genesis 20:12
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Leviticus 20:10
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