Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God. New Living Translation “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God. English Standard Version They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. Berean Standard Bible A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. King James Bible 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. New King James Version They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God. New American Standard Bible They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute and profaned, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. NASB 1995 ‘They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. NASB 1977 ‘They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. Legacy Standard Bible They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. Amplified Bible They shall not take [as a wife] a woman who is a prostitute, nor a woman who is divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God. Christian Standard Bible They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. Holman Christian Standard Bible They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They shall not take a harlot woman and a polluted woman and they shall not take a woman who is divorced from her husband, because he is holy to his God. Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God. Contemporary English Version Don't marry a divorced woman or a woman who has served as a temple prostitute. You are holy, Douay-Rheims Bible They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God, English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation You should never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man. Good News Translation A priest shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or a woman who is not a virgin or who is divorced; he is holy. International Standard Version "They are not to marry a prostitute or a woman who has been dishonored or who was divorced from her husband, because the priest is holy to his God. JPS Tanakh 1917 They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God. Literal Standard Version They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her husband, for he [is] holy to his God; Majority Standard Bible A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. New American Bible A priest shall not marry a woman debased by prostitution, nor a woman who has been divorced by her husband; for the priest is holy to his God. NET Bible They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. New Revised Standard Version 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, New Heart English Bible "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God. Webster's Bible Translation They shall not take a wife that is a lewd woman, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God. World English Bible “‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. Young's Literal Translation A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he is holy to his God; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Holiness Required of Priests…6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy. 7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. 8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.… Cross References Genesis 38:24 About three months later, Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant." "Bring her out!" Judah replied. "Let her be burned to death!" Leviticus 21:13 The woman he marries must be a virgin. Leviticus 21:14 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, Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest. Treasury of Scripture 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 to his God. that is a whore Leviticus 21:8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. 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. 1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. put away Deuteronomy 24:1-4 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house… Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Jump to Previous Cast Common Defiled Dishonoured Divorced Harlot Harlotry Holy Husband Husbands Lewd Marry Polluted Priest Priests Profane Profaned Prostitute Prostitution Whore Wife WomenJump to Next Cast Common Defiled Dishonoured Divorced Harlot Harlotry Holy Husband Husbands Lewd Marry Polluted Priest Priests Profane Profaned Prostitute Prostitution Whore Wife WomenLeviticus 21 1. Of the priests' mourning6. Of their holiness 7. Of their marriages 8. Of their estimation 9. Of the high priest's holiness 10. Of his marriage 13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary (7) Not take a wife.--From the defilement arising through contact with the dead, the lawgiver passes to' regulation about the priest's alliances with the living, which might be fraught with still more serious consequences to his sacred office. In selecting a wife he is to be careful both about her chastity and legitimate descent.Verses 7-9. - Moral uncleanness or defilement passes to the husband and father kern an immoral wife or daughter, and therefore the priest is to be specially careful in the selection of his wife; and his daughter, if she leads a licentious life, is to be stoned to death, and then burnt with fire, because she profaneth her father (cf. 1 Samuel 2:17). In a similar spirit, St. Paul gives directions as to the families of those to whom the ministry of the Spirit is assigned (1 Timothy 3:11; Titus 1:6). Keil would unite verse 4 in sense with verses 7-9, and argues that he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself, refers to the kind of marriage which the priest is to make, but the interposition of verses 5 and 6 forbid this explanation of verse 4. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew [A priest] must notלֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no marry יִקָּ֔חוּ (yiq·qā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take a woman אִשָּׁ֨ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female defiled וַחֲלָלָה֙ (wa·ḥă·lā·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted by prostitution זֹנָ֤ה (zō·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry or לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no divorced גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה (gə·rū·šāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce by her husband, מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ (mê·’î·šāh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person for כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction [the priest] ה֖וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is holy קָדֹ֥שׁ (qā·ḏōš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary to his God. לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ (lê·lō·hāw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Leviticus 21:7 NIVLeviticus 21:7 NLT Leviticus 21:7 ESV Leviticus 21:7 NASB Leviticus 21:7 KJV Leviticus 21:7 BibleApps.com Leviticus 21:7 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 21:7 Chinese Bible Leviticus 21:7 French Bible Leviticus 21:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 21:7 They shall not marry a woman who (Le Lv Lev.) |
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