Leviticus 21:13

American Standard Version (1901)

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:7 : 7 They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 21:14-15
    2 verses
    91%

    14A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

    15And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

  • Lev 21:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

    8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.

    9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

  • Ezek 44:22
    82%

    22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

  • Lev 21:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

    3and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.

    4He shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

  • Lev 21:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

    12neither 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 Jehovah.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

    10If he take him another [wife] ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

  • Deut 20:7
    75%

    7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Deut 21:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife;

    12then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

    13and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

  • Deut 22:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

    14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity;

    15then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate;

  • Deut 22:23
    73%

    23If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

  • Deut 22:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

    29then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

    30A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

    17If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Lev 20:21
    72%

    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • 1 Cor 7:36-38
    3 verses
    72%

    36But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

    37But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well.

    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

    2Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters, in this place.

  • Lev 22:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

    13But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

  • Lev 18:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

    19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

  • Num 30:3
    71%

    3Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

  • Deut 24:5
    71%

    5When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken.

  • Deut 22:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19and they shall fine him a hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

    20But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Num 5:13
    70%

    13and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Gen 24:38
    70%

    38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

  • Deut 25:5
    70%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

  • Ezek 18:6
    69%

    6and hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbor's wife, neither hath come near to a woman in her impurity,

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

  • Ezek 18:15
    69%

    15that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Exod 21:3
    69%

    3If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.