“Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.”
I am the Lord, who makes him holy. The I am the Lord, who makes him holy formula closes the high priestly marriage regulations. The holiness that requires the virgin-only marriage is not the high priest's own achievement but God's gift: I make him holy. The one who makes the priests holy is the one who establishes the standards that protect and express that holiness. The Lord who makes the high priest holy also establishes the marriage requirements that maintain the holiness he gives.
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