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14 He must not marry[a] a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people[b] as a wife,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:14 tn Heb “take.” In context this means “take as wife,” i.e., “marry.”
  2. Leviticus 21:14 tc The MT has literally, “from his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from his people,” referring to the Israelites as a whole.