Ezekiel 44:22
And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but -- virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.
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- Lev 21:7 : 7 `A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he `is' holy to his God;
- Lev 21:13-14 : 13 `And he taketh a wife in her virginity; 14 widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take `for' a wife,
- Deut 24:1-4 : 1 `When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, 2 and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's, 3 and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife: 4 `Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it `is' before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
- 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,
- 1 Tim 3:4-5 : 4 his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity, 5 (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
- 1 Tim 3:11-12 : 11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things. 12 Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
- Titus 1:6 : 6 if any one is blameless, of one wife a husband, having children stedfast, not under accusation of riotous living or insubordinate --
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- Lev 21:3-75 verses86%
3and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.
4`A master `priest' doth not defile himself among his people -- to pollute himself;
5they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;
6they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.
7`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he `is' holy to his God;
- Lev 21:11-155 verses85%
11nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
12nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God `is' on him; I `am' Jehovah.
13`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
14widow, or cast out, or polluted one -- a harlot -- these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take `for' a wife,
15and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying him.'
- Ezek 44:19-213 verses79%
19And in their going forth unto the outer court -- unto the outer court unto the people -- they strip off their garments, in which they are ministering, and have placed them in the holy chambers, and have put on other garments; and they do not sanctify the people in their own garments.
20And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads.
21And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.
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23`And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.
- Lev 22:12-132 verses75%
12`And a priest's daughter, when she is a strange man's, -- she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat;
13and a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as `in' her youth, of her father's bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it.
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2Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.
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25And unto any dead man they come not for uncleanness, but for father, and for mother, and for son, and for daughter, for brother, for sister who hath not been to a man, they defile themselves.
- Lev 18:18-192 verses73%
18`And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.
19`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
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4`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it `is' before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
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30`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
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44all these have taken strange women, and there are of them women -- who adopt sons.
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13And they draw not nigh unto Me to act as My priest, and to draw nigh unto any of My holy things, unto the holy of holies, and they have borne their shame and their abominations that they have done,
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16and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;
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3`And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,
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15and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,
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12`But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,
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10`And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing;
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7what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'
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15On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,
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8`And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,
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9`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
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10`If another `woman' he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;
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6On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, And the wife of his neighbour defiled not, And to a separated woman cometh not near,
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17And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.
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21`And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it `is' impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
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9A widow -- let her not be enrolled under sixty years of age, having been a wife of one husband,
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30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;
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18and we -- we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed `is' he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'
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31Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.
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5`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;
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17`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;
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11and younger widows be refusing, for when they may revel against the Christ, they wish to marry,
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16For `I' hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He `who' hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.
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30and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;
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6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;
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9`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring -- her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.