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Holiness Required of Priests

Leviticus 21:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
KJV
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
WEB
“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.
ASV
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
LSV
And he takes a wife in her virginity;
YLT
'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
DBY
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
DRC
He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
GNV
Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife:
JPS
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
LXXE
He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְה֕וּא אִשָּׁ֥ה בִבְתוּלֶ֖יהָ יִקָּֽח׃
LXX-Br
Οὗτος γυναῖκα παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτοῦ λήψεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  • Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
  • Ezekiel 44:22And 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.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

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