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Leviticus 21:14

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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.

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Leviticus 21:14 in other translations

He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.

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Leviticus 21:14 in context

  1. 12neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.
  2. 13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
  3. 14A 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.
  4. 15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
  5. 16And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,