Leviticus 21:13

He can only marry a virgin.

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In The King James Version

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

In Context

12He must not leave to deal with someone who has died or make the sanctuary of his God unclean because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the Lord.

14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one made unclean through prostitution. He has to marry a virgin from his own people,

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:7A priest is not to marry a woman made unclean through prostitution or who is divorced by her husband, for the priest must be holy to his God.

2 Corinthians 11:2I agonize over you with a divine kind of jealousy, for I promised you to a single husband—Christ—so that I could present you as a pure virgin to him.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:11-16

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; 11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord . 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a… Read the whole commentary →

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