Leviticus 21:14

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He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from among his own people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:7 : 7 They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 21:12-13
    2 verses
    91%

    12He must not leave the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

    13He must marry a woman who is a virgin.

  • Lev 21:7-9
    3 verses
    86%

    7They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.

    8You shall sanctify him, for he brings the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you because I, the LORD who sanctifies you, am holy.

    9If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she profanes her father and must be burned with fire.

  • Ezek 44:22
    85%

    22They must not marry widows or divorced women, but only virgins of Israelite descent or widows who were married to priests.

  • Lev 21:15
    85%

    15He must not defile his descendants among his people, because I am the LORD who sanctifies him.

  • Lev 21:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.

    3And also for his virgin sister, who is near to him and has not been married, he may defile himself for her.

    4He must not defile himself as a chief man among his people, thereby profaning himself.

  • Deut 24:3-5
    3 verses
    75%

    3If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,

    4then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

    5If a man has recently married, he is not to be sent to war or have any duty laid on him. He is to be free to stay at home for one year and bring joy to his wife whom he has married.

  • Exod 21:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9If he designates her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.

    10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish her food, clothing, or marital rights.

  • Deut 20:7
    73%

    7If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Deut 21:11
    72%

    11if you see among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.

  • Deut 7:3
    72%

    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

    2You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place.

  • Lev 22:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12If a priest's daughter marries someone who is not a priest, she must not eat the sacred contributions from the holy things.

    13But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, has no children, and returns to her father's house as she was in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. But no outsider may eat of it.

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Deut 24:1
    71%

    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Lev 20:21
    71%

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Num 30:9
    71%

    9But if her husband voids them when he hears about them, nothing she has vowed or promised by binding obligation will stand; the LORD will forgive her.

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Exod 34:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifices.

    16And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.

  • Deut 17:17
    70%

    17He must not take many wives for himself, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

  • Deut 22:23
    70%

    23If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

  • 1 Tim 5:9
    70%

    9A widow should be enrolled only if she is at least sixty years old and has been faithful to one husband,

  • Exod 22:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

    17Do not allow a sorceress to live.

  • Deut 21:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13She shall remove the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may go to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

    14But if you are not pleased with her, you must let her go wherever she wishes. You are not to sell her for money or treat her as a slave, because you have humiliated her.

  • 1 Cor 7:36
    69%

    36If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are strong and he feels it must be so, let him do as he wants. He is not sinning; they should marry.

  • Deut 22:28
    69%

    28If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin and not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

  • Ezek 18:15
    69%

    15He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • Deut 28:30
    69%

    30You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit.

  • Ezek 18:6
    69%

    6he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

  • Lev 20:14
    69%

    14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

  • Lev 19:29
    69%

    29Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will become filled with wickedness.

  • Josh 23:12
    69%

    12But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

  • Mal 2:11
    69%

    11Judah has been unfaithful, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Judg 21:7
    69%

    7'What can we do for the survivors to provide wives, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters?'

  • Num 36:8
    68%

    8'Every daughter who inherits land from the tribes of Israel must marry within a clan of her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of their ancestors.'