Leviticus 21:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
In context
5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Leviticus 21:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- '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;
- DBY Darby Translation
- They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They shall not take a wife that is a lewd woman, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.