Scripture · Old Testament
Leviticus 21:14
Leviticus 21:14 is verse 14 of Leviticus chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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,
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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 21:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 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,
15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Read all of Leviticus 21Hebrew words
אַלְמָנָ֤הa widowוּגְרוּשָׁה֙and a divorced [woman]וַחֲלָלָ֣הand a [woman] profanedזֹנָ֔הa prostituteאֶת<obj.>אֵ֖לֶּהtheseלֹ֣אnotיִקָּ֑חhe will takeכִּ֛יthatאִםexceptבְּתוּלָ֥הa virginמֵעַמָּ֖יוfrom kinspeople<s> hisיִקַּ֥חhe will takeאִשָּֽׁהa wife
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