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, Cross References Leviticus 21:7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. Leviticus 21:13 The woman he marries must be a virgin. Leviticus 21:15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him." Ezekiel 44:22 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. Treasury of Scripture 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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