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Leviticus 21:14

21:13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

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A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

21:15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

What does Leviticus 21:14 mean?

Leviticus 21:14 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַלְמָנָה (ʼalmânâh), גָּרַשׁ (gârash), חָלָל (châlâl).

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A
widow,אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâh/al-maw-naw'/H490a widow; also a desolate place
or
a
divorced
woman,גָּרַשׁgârash/gaw-rash'/H1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
or
profane,חָלָלchâlâl/khaw-lawl'/H2491pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
or
an
harlot,זָנָהzânâh/zaw-naw'/H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
these
shall
he
not
take:לָקַחlâqach/law-kakh'/H3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)
but
he
shall
takeלָקַחlâqach/law-kakh'/H3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)
a
virginבְּתוּלָהbᵉthûwlâh/beth-oo-law'/H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
of
his
own
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
to
wife.אִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/H802a woman

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 21:14.

Leviticus 21:7

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.

Genesis 23:13

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Leviticus 22:13

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Numbers 30:9

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

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What does Leviticus 21:14 say?

Leviticus 21:14 (King James Version) reads: "A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife."

Is Leviticus 21:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 21:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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