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.
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 21:13-14 : 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 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 peop to wife.
- Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
- Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is parted out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and senth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is filed; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
- Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
- Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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- Ezek 44:21-233 verses86%
21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
- Lev 21:11-166 verses86%
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defi himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 Neither 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 the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 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 peop to wife.
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his peop: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Lev 21:3-64 verses82%
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defid.
4 But he shall not defi himself, being a chief man among his peop, to profane himself.
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their fsh.
6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
- Lev 21:8-92 verses79%
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
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15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
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3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
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4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is filed; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an uncan thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childss.
- Lev 21:21-233 verses73%
21 No man that hath a bmish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a bmish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a bmish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
- Lev 18:18-203 verses73%
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncanness.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defi thyself with her.
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30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
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2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
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2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
- Exod 34:15-162 verses72%
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
- Lev 22:9-102 verses72%
9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, st they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
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15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
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7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
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17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
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32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
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29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; st the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
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11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
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10 If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
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7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
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7 And 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.
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2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
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25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
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7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
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4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.