If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire. The death penalty for the priest's daughter who becomes a prostitute — burned in the fire, the most severe execution method — communicates the elevated accountability of the priestly family. The priest's daughter who disgraces her father by prostitution disgraces not only the priestly family but the priestly office and the God it represents. The severity of the penalty corresponds to the severity of the dishonor: the priestly family's disgrace is a covenant disgrace.

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