Leviticus 21:7
+ 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.461): T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a harlot or a prostitute / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not marry a zonah ·a woman who had forbidden relations· “‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, + 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.462): T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a prostitute / T. A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a chalalah ·pierced, fatally wounded, profaned· woman / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not marry a chalalah ·an illegitimate child·; a party to or product of OU463 - OU466 found in (Lev 21:14, 21:15, 21:13, 21:7) who has been profaned. + 21:7. Lev 21:7 (Lev 21:7-8) (#7.463): A Cohen ·Priest· shall not marry a divorced woman They shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
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Leviticus 21:8+ 21:8. Lev 21:8 (#2b.145): T. To set apart and honor the descendants of Aaron [Light-bringer] with priority in all things holy / R. To dedicate the Cohen ·Priest· for service You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you; for I Adonai, who sanctify you, am holy.
Deuteronomy 24:1+ 24:1. Deut 24:1 (Deut 24:1-4) (#7.477): To divorce by a written document, called a get ·divorce document· T. Directive: This get ·divorce document· shall be given to her in her hand. She is to be evicted from his dwelling place. When she has left him, she may become someone else’s wife (v2) R. Note: There is famous debate between Rabbi Shammai and Rabbi Hillel regarding the grounds of divorce. Rabbi Shammai said divorce is only for serious transgression. Rabbi Hillel said divorce is at the man’s discretion and even burning a meal counts. New Covenant: R. Note: Some scholars say Rabbi Yeshua commented on this debate and proposed his own grounds for divorce in (Matt 19:3-9, 10-11). Rabbis Yeshua teaches only sexual immorality is grounds for divorce. He says Moses gave this command only because of the people’s hard hearts. New Covenant: R. Note: Some scholars say Rabbi Paul comments on divorce (1 Cor 7:10-16, 27-28). Rabbi Paul says divorce is not to be sought, but if one spouse is a believer and the other is not and the unbelieving spouse wants to leave, then allow them; but if the unbelieving spouse wants to stay then better to remain married When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no chen ·grace· in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a get ·bill of divorce·, + 24:1. Quoted in Matt 5:31, 19:7; Mark 10:4 and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Isaiah 50:1Adonai says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? 2 or to which of my creditors have I sold you? 1 Behold, you were sold for your depravities (moral evils), 2 and your mother was put away for your rebellious breaches of relationships. 1
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →