Leviticus 21:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:13-14 : 13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man. 14 A 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 If 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. 2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife. 3 And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married; 4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 And 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.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 86%

    21The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

    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.

    23And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.

  • Lev 21:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    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.

    13And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

    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.

    16And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 21:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    5They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.

    6Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.

  • Lev 21:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 15And they may not make common the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord,

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

  • 4Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

  • 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.

  • Lev 21:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.

    22He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;

    23But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

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

  • 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;

  • 2Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

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

  • 72%

    15So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

    16Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

  • Lev 22:9-10
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    9So then, let them keep what I have put into their care, for fear that sin may come on them because of it, so causing their death because they have made it common: I am the Lord, who make them holy.

    10No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.

  • 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,

  • 7So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

  • 17No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.

  • 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.

  • 32And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

  • 29Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

  • 11Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

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

  • 7He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

  • 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.

  • 2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • 6But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.

  • 25They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

  • 7What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

  • 4Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • 13And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.