Leviticus 21:14

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.

A widow {H490}, or a divorced woman {H1644}, or profane {H2491}, or an harlot {H2181}, these shall he not take {H3947}: but he shall take {H3947} a virgin {H1330} of his own people {H5971} to wife {H802}.

he may not marry a widow, divorcee, profaned woman or prostitute; but he must marry a virgin from among his own people

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

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.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Leviticus 21:7

    They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

  • Ezekiel 44:22

    Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
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