Leviticus 21:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,”
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“He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“widow, or cast out, or polluted one--a harlot--these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take <FI>for<Fi> a wife,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:14 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Deuteronomy 24:2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
- Ezekiel 44:22And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
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