Leviticus 21:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:7 : 7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they who have not made themselves unclean with women; for they are virgins. These are they who go after the Lamb wherever he goes. These were taken from among men to be the first fruits to God and to 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 whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

    15And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.

  • Lev 21:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

    8And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

    9And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.

  • Ezek 44:22
    82%

    22And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

  • Lev 21:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;

    3And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.

    4But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

  • Lev 21:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

    12He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

  • Deut 20:7
    75%

    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Deut 21:11-13
    3 verses
    74%

    11If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;

    12Then take her back to your house; and let her hair and her nails be cut;

    13And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

  • Deut 22:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13If any man takes a wife, and having had connection with her, has no delight in her,

    14And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    15Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

  • Deut 22:23
    73%

    23If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

  • Deut 22:28-30
    3 verses
    72%

    28If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

    29Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

    30A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.

    17If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

  • Lev 20:21
    72%

    21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

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

    36But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

    37But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

    38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

    2You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.

  • Lev 22:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings.

    13But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so.

  • Lev 18:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

    19And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

  • Num 30:3
    71%

    3When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

  • Deut 24:5
    71%

    5A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

  • Deut 22:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.

    20But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

  • Deut 28:30
    71%

    30You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

  • Num 5:13
    70%

    13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Deut 7:3
    70%

    3Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

  • Deut 24:1
    70%

    1If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

  • Gen 24:38
    70%

    38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • Deut 25:5
    70%

    5If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

  • Ezek 18:6
    69%

    6And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

  • Ezek 18:15
    69%

    15Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife,

  • Exod 21:3
    69%

    3If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.