13 Also he shall take a maid unto his wife:

14 But a widow, or a divorced woman, or a polluted, or an harlot, these shall he not marry, but shall take a maid of his own [a]people to wife:

15 Neither shall he defile his [b]seed among his people: for I am the Lord which sanctify him.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 21:14 Not only of his tribe, but of all Israel.
  2. Leviticus 21:15 By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman.

13 “‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.(A) 14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”

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