Leviticus 21:7

World English Bible (2000)

"'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:13-14 : 13 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.
  • Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife]. 3 If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife; 4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 44:21-23
    3 verses
    86%

    21 Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

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

    23 They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Lev 21:11-16
    6 verses
    86%

    11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile 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 Yahweh.

    13 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

    14 A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

    15 He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"

    16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 21:3-6
    4 verses
    82%

    3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

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

    5 "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

    6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

  • Lev 21:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

    9 "'The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

  • Lev 22:12
    75%

    12 If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

  • Lev 22:15
    75%

    15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

  • Deut 7:3
    74%

    3 neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.

  • Deut 24:4
    73%

    4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

  • Lev 20:21
    73%

    21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Lev 21:21-23
    3 verses
    73%

    21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a blemish, he shall not come near 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 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

    19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

    20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

  • Deut 22:30
    73%

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

  • Ezek 18:6
    72%

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

  • Lev 22:2
    72%

    2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.

  • Jer 16:2
    72%

    2 You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.

  • Exod 34:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice;

    16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.

  • Lev 22:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9 "'They shall therefore follow my requirements, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

    10 "'No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Ezek 18:15
    71%

    15 who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Lev 20:7
    71%

    7 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

  • Deut 23:17
    71%

    17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

  • Deut 17:17
    71%

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

  • Lev 22:32
    71%

    32 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,

  • Lev 19:29
    70%

    29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

  • Mal 2:11
    70%

    11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

  • Exod 21:10
    70%

    10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

  • Num 6:7
    70%

    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 his separation to God is on his head.

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7 What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    70%

    2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    70%

    6 But let no one come into the house of Yahweh, except the priests, and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow Yahweh's instructions.

  • Ezek 44:25
    70%

    25 They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.

  • Judg 21:7
    70%

    7 How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?"

  • Heb 13:4
    69%

    4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • Ezek 44:13
    69%

    13 They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.