Leviticus 21:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.”
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“A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he <FI>is<Fi> holy to his God;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 21:7 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
- Leviticus 21:13The woman he marries must be a virgin.
- Deuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
- Deuteronomy 24:2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
- Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- 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.
- 1 Timothy 3:11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
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