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 go out of God’s holy place. {Then he might become unclean,} and {then he might} make God’s holy place unclean. The anointing oil was poured on the high priest’s head. This separated him {from the rest of the people}. I am the Lord!
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.
I feel jealousy for you. And this jealousy is a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. Christ must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride. {\cf2\super [30]}
These 144,000 people are the ones who did not do wrong things with women. They kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb every place he goes. These 144,000 were redeemed (saved) from among the people of the earth. They are the first people to be offered to God and the Lamb.