Leviticus 21:14
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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.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,
In other translations
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.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,
Hebrew words
אַלְמָנָה'almanaha widowH490וּגְרוּשָׁהugerushahand a divorced [woman]H1644וַחֲלָלָהvachalalahand a [woman] profanedH2491זֹנָהzonaha prostituteH2181אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428לֹאlo'notH3808יִקָּחyikachhe will takeH3947כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518בְּתוּלָהbetulaha virginH1330מֵעַמָּיוme'amavfrom kinspeople<s> hisH5971יִקַּחyikachhe will takeH3947אִשָּׁה׃'ishaha wifeH802
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Leviticus 21:7They 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.A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Ezekiel 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.And 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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