Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 19:29 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 29. 29Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
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Role in This Section
This verse forbids exploiting a daughter through prostitution and warns of wider social corruption.
Read It With
- Leviticus 19:23-32
Start with 19:23-32 rather than Leviticus 19:29 alone. In that complete movement, this verse forbids exploiting a daughter through prostitution and warns of wider social corruption. The unit's controlling claim is: The unit delays orchard fruit, forbids blood eating and divination, regulates hair and mourning cuts, bars prostituting a daughter, honors Sabbath and sanctuary, rejects mediums, and commands respect for old age.
Why It Needs Context
Leviticus 19:29 forbids exploiting a daughter through prostitution and warns of wider social corruption; reading it alone would sever that detail from the actors, category, and outcome in Leviticus 19:23-32.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 19:23-32 — Fruit, blood, divination, body markings, daughters, Sabbaths, mediums, and eldersSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 19:23-32, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 19:23-32
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