Leviticus 21:5-7
New Living Translation
5 “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies. 6 They must be set apart as holy to their God and must never bring shame on the name of God. They must be holy, for they are the ones who present the special gifts to the Lord, gifts of food for their God.
7 “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.
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Leviticus 21:5-7
King James Version
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
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.
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Leviticus 21:5-7
New King James Version
5 (A)‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be (B)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the (C)bread of their God; (D)therefore they shall be holy. 7 (E)They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman (F)divorced from her husband; for [a]the priest is holy to his God.
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- Leviticus 21:7 Lit. he
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