Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
Leviticus 21:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, an harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, [I Tim. 3:2-7; Tit. 1:7-9.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible He cannot marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by promiscuity. He can only marry a virgin from his own people Catholic Public Domain Version But a widow, or one who has been repudiated or defiled, or also a mistress, he shall not accept, but only a maiden from among his own people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people. |
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD which sanctify him.
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.