Leviticus 21:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take: but a maid of his own people.

Leviticus 21:14 Cross References

Ezekiel 44:22

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 21:13

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Leviticus 21:15

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am the LORD which sanctify him.

Leviticus 21:7

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.

Deuteronomy 24:2

And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.