The priests must not marry a widow {\cf2\super [421]} or a divorced woman. No, they must marry only a virgin {\cf2\super [422]} from the family of Israel or a woman whose dead husband was a priest.
Deuteronomy 24:2 - Easy To Read Version When she has left his house, she may go and become another man’s wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when she departs out of his house she goes and marries another man, American Standard Version (1901) And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife. Common English Bible She leaves his house and ends up marrying someone else. Catholic Public Domain Version And when, having departed, she has married another, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband: |
The priests must not marry a widow {\cf2\super [421]} or a divorced woman. No, they must marry only a virgin {\cf2\super [422]} from the family of Israel or a woman whose dead husband was a priest.
The high priest must not marry a woman who has had sexual relations with another man. The high priest must not marry a prostitute, [380] a divorced woman, or a widow. The high priest must marry a virgin from his own people.
“A priest serves God in a special way. So a priest must not marry a woman who had sexual relations with some other man. A priest must not marry a prostitute [375] or a divorced woman.
A priest’s daughter might become a widow, [393] or she might become divorced. If she does not have any children {to support her} and she goes back to her father’s house {where she lived} as a child, then she can eat some of her father’s food. But only people from a priest’s family can eat this food.
“A widow [363] or a divorced woman might make a special promise. If she does, then she must do exactly what she promised.
But I tell you that any person that divorces his wife is causing his wife to be guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [67]} The only reason for a person to divorce his wife is if his wife had sexual relations with another man. And any person that marries that divorced woman is guilty of the sin of adultery.
Jesus answered, “Any person that divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of sin against his wife. He is guilty of the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [126]}
But if the person who is not a believer decides to leave, let that person leave. When this happens, the brother or sister \{in Christ\} is free. God called you to a life of peace.
“A man might marry a woman, and then find some secret thing about her that he does not like. If that man is not pleased with her, he must write the divorce papers and give them to her. Then he must send her from his house.