29 " 'Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
29 Do not prostitute
29 "Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
29 "Don't violate your daughter by making her a whore - the whole country would soon become a brothel, filled with sordid sex.
29 'Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
29 "Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 19:29
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laws.
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, verse 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.