Leviticus 21:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ He shall marry only a woman who is a virgin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ He shall take a wife in her virginity.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Common English Bible

¹³ The high priest must marry a woman who is a virgin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ He shall take a virgin as his wife.

Leviticus 21:13 Cross References

Revelation 14:4

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ezekiel 44:22

They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Leviticus 21:7

They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,

Leviticus 21:12

He shall not go outside the sanctuary and thus profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:14

A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute—these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own people,