Leviticus 21:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`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;

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  • 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,
  • Ezek 44:22 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Lev 21:8 : 8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy `am' I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus said Jehovah: `Where `is' this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 86%

    21And no priest doth drink wine in their coming in unto the inner court.

    22And 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.

    23`And My people they direct between holy and common, and between unclean and clean they cause them to discern.

  • Lev 21:11-16
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    86%

    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.'

    16And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • Lev 21:3-6
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    82%

    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.

  • Lev 21:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy `am' I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

    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.

  • 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;

  • 15and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,

  • 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,

  • 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.

  • 21`And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it `is' impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

  • Lev 21:21-23
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    73%

    21`No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish `is' in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

    22`Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;

    23only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish `is' in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

  • Lev 18:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

  • 30`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

  • 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,

  • 2`Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and they are separated from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and they pollute not My holy name in what they are hallowing to Me; I `am' Jehovah.

  • 2Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.

  • 72%

    15`Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and `one' hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,

    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;

  • Lev 22:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9`And they have kept My charge, and bear no sin for it, that they have died for it when they pollute it; I `am' Jehovah sanctifying them.

    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;

  • 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,

  • 7`And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' Jehovah your God;

  • 17`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

  • 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.

  • 32and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I `am' Jehovah, sanctifying you,

  • 29`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

  • 11Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.

  • 10`If another `woman' he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

  • 7for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister -- he is not unclean for them at their death, for the separation of his God `is' on his head;

  • 7`And who `is' the man that hath betrothed a woman, and hath not taken her? -- let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man take her.

  • 2and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

  • 6`And none doth enter the house of Jehovah except the priests, and those ministering of the Levites (they go in for they `are' holy), and all the people keep the watch of Jehovah:

  • 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.

  • 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?'

  • 4honourable `is' the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

  • 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,