Leviticus Chapter 21 verse 14 Holy Bible
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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A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.
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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.
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A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people for a wife.
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A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
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widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take `for' a wife,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) A widow.--By this the high priest was not only forbidden to marry the widow of an ordinary Israelite, or even the widow of a priest, but, according to the Jewish canons, a virgin who had been betrothed to another man, and whom she lost by death before they were married. If he, however, became engaged to a widow before he was elected to the pontificate, he could marry her after his consecration. He was, however, exempt from the obligation to marry the widow of his brother who died without issue. (See Leviticus 18:16.)Or a divorced woman.--The classes of women which follow are also forbidden to the ordinary priests. (See Leviticus 21:7.)Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewHe is notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noto marryיִקָּ֑ח (yiq·qāḥ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3947: To takea widow,אַלְמָנָ֤ה (’al·mā·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 490: A widow, a desolate placea divorced woman,וּגְרוּשָׁה֙ (ū·ḡə·rū·šāh)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singularStrong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorceor one defiledוַחֲלָלָ֣ה (wa·ḥă·lā·lāh)Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 2491: Pierced, pollutedby prostitution.זֹנָ֔ה (zō·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatryHe is to marryיִקַּ֥ח (yiq·qaḥ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3947: To takea virginבְּתוּלָ֥ה (bə·ṯū·lāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bridefrom his own people,מֵעַמָּ֖יו (mê·‘am·māw)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockJump to PreviousBehaviour Cast Common Defiled Divorced Harlot Harlotry Husband Loose Marry Peoples Polluted Priest Profane Profaned Prostitute Prostitution Rather Virgin Wife
